Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for press-bonding a tape onto each of side faces of a workpiece. The apparatus basically comprises a tape press-bonding mechanism and a trimming mechanism both displaceable in the directions indicated by the arrows X, Y and Z. The former mechanism includes a pressure roller for press-bonding the tape onto the side faces of the workpiece with recesses defined therein, an actuator for displacing the pressure roller toward each of the side faces, a block member for supporting the pressure roller thereon, and a device for displacing the block member through a desired angle.

Abstract: Two juxtaposed sanding belts are pressed against a surface of a wood workpiece which is being fed on a table in a direction. The sanding belts are simultaneously reciprocally moved in mutually opposite directions along the workpiece feeding direction, thereby sanding the workpiece surface. Each of the sanding belts is oriented in a direction transverse to the feeding direction. The sanding belts are pressed against the workpiece surface by respective pads each having a pressing surface complementary in shape to the workpiece surface being sanded.