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A combined tool includes a cutting tool that has a housing including a pair of conjoined shells. Each shell has a U-shaped notch formed at a distal end thereof that form a rectangular opening when the shells are abutted. Each shell has an interior groove formed therein that creates a storage chamber

A combined tool includes a cutting tool that has a housing including a pair of conjoined shells. Each shell has a U-shaped notch formed at a distal end thereof that form a rectangular opening when the shells are abutted. Each shell has an interior groove formed therein that creates a storage chamber after the shells are abutted. A fastener is inserted through the shells. A plastic cap is connected to proximal ends of the shells. A measuring tape has a housing and an extendable and retractable body housed therein that has a rigid stop member coupled thereto. The stop member is vertically interfitted into the opening and remains spaced from the storage chamber so the user can maintain a continuous line of sight into the storage chamber while the body is engaged with the opening. The measuring tape and the cutting tool travel in sync during cutting procedures.

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What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A combined cutting and measuring tool for assisting a user to quickly and effectively cut a gypsum wall board along an axial path, said combined cutting and measuring tool comprising: a cutting tool h

What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A combined cutting and measuring tool for assisting a user to quickly and effectively cut a gypsum wall board along an axial path, said combined cutting and measuring tool comprising: a cutting tool having a bifurcated housing including a pair of coextensively shaped shells directly and removably conjoined along a center of said cutting tool, each of said shells having a U-shaped notch formed at a distal end thereof such that said U-shaped notches form a rectangular opening at a distal end of said cutting tool when said shells are abutted against each other, each of said shells further having an interior groove formed therein that create a storage chamber inside said cutting tool after said shells are directly abutted together; a cap directly connected, without the use of intervening elements, to proximal ends of said shells respectively, said cap being formed from plastic material and further being removably attached to said shells such that the user can inspect said storage chamber through said proximal end while said shells are coupled to each other; and a measuring tape having a housing and a flexible wound body partially housed therein, said body having a rigid stop member directly coupled to a distal end thereof; wherein said stop member is removably interfitted directly into said rectangular opening such that said body is registered orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said cutting tool, said body being extendable and retractable while said distal end engages with said rectangular opening and maintains a static relationship with said cutting tool so that said measuring tape and said cutting tool travel in sync along the gypsum board while said cutting tool slices the gypsum board. 2. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of blades housed within said storage chamber, one of said blades being partially exposed from said distal end of said cutting tool. 3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said rectangular opening extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of said cutting tool. 4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said rectangular opening has a longitudinal length greater than a longitudinal length of said stop member. 5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said shells have a corrugated bottom edge disposed adjacent to a distal end of said cutting tool. 6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said body has a longitudinal length registered orthogonal to the longitudinal length of said rectangular opening. 7. A combined cutting and measuring tool for assisting a user to quickly and effectively cut a gypsum wall board along an axial path, said combined cutting and measuring tool comprising: a cutting tool having a bifurcated housing including a pair of coextensively shaped shells directly and removably conjoined along a center of said cutting tool, each of said shells having a U-shaped notch formed at a distal end thereof such that said U-shaped notches form a rectangular opening at a distal end of said cutting tool when said shells are abutted against each other, each of said shells further having an interior groove formed therein that create a storage chamber inside said cutting tool after said shells are directly abutted together, wherein said cutting tool further has a fastener threadably inserted through each of said shells; a cap directly connected, without the use of intervening elements, to proximal ends of said shells respectively, said cap being formed from plastic material and further being removably attached to said shells such that the user can inspect said storage chamber through said proximal end while said shells are coupled to each other; and a measuring tape having a housing and a flexible wound body partially housed therein, said body having a rigid stop member directly coupled to a distal end thereof; wherein said stop member is removably interfitted directly into said rectangular opening such that said body is registered orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said cutting tool, said body being extendable and retractable while said distal end engages with said rectangular opening and maintains a static relationship with said cutting tool so that said measuring tape and said cutting tool travel in sync along the gypsum board while said cutting tool slices the gypsum board. 8. The assembly of claim 7, further comprising: a plurality of blades housed within said storage chamber, one of said blades being partially exposed from said distal end of said cutting tool. 9. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said rectangular opening extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of said cutting tool. 10. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said rectangular opening has a longitudinal length greater than a longitudinal length of said stop member. 11. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said shells have a corrugated bottom edge disposed adjacent to a distal end of said cutting tool. 12. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said body has a longitudinal length registered orthogonal to the longitudinal length of said rectangular opening. 13. A combined cutting and measuring tool for assisting a user to quickly and effectively cut a gypsum wall board along an axial path, said combined cutting and measuring tool comprising: a cutting tool having a bifurcated housing including a pair of coextensively shaped shells directly and removably conjoined along a center of said cutting tool, each of said shells having a U-shaped notch formed at a distal end thereof such that said U-shaped notches form a rectangular opening at a distal end of said cutting tool when said shells are abutted against each other, each of said shells further having an interior groove formed therein that create a storage chamber inside said cutting tool after said shells are directly abutted together, wherein said cutting tool further has a fastener threadably inserted through each of said shells; a cap directly connected, without the use of intervening elements, to proximal ends of said shells respectively, said cap being formed from plastic material and further being removably attached to said shells such that the user can inspect said storage chamber through said proximal end while said shells are coupled to each other; and a measuring tape having a housing and a flexible wound body partially housed therein, said body having a rigid stop member directly coupled to a distal end thereof; wherein said stop member is removably interfitted directly into said rectangular opening such that said body is registered orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said cutting tool, said body being extendable and retractable while said distal end engages with said rectangular opening and maintains a static relationship with said cutting tool so that said measuring tape and said cutting tool travel in sync along the gypsum board while said cutting tool slices the gypsum board; wherein said stop member is inserted vertically downward into said rectangular opening and remains distally spaced from said storage chamber so that the user can maintain a continuous line of sight directly into said storage chamber while said body is engaged with said rectangular opening. 14. The assembly of claim 13, further comprising: a plurality of blades housed within said storage chamber, one of said blades being partially exposed from said distal end of said cutting tool. 15. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said rectangular opening extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of said cutting tool. 16. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said rectangular opening has a longitudinal length greater than a longitudinal length of said stop member. 17. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said shells have a corrugated bottom edge disposed adjacent to a distal end of said cutting tool. 18. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said body has a longitudinal length registered orthogonal to the longitudinal length of said rectangular opening.