Abstract: A tool comprises clamping members spaced from each other on a plate that clampingly engage a coaxial cable. Drill guide members hingedly connected together are latchably secured together onto the plate and they include opposing holes centrally disposed relative to the clamped cable to enable a drill bit to pass therethrough to drill opposed openings through the jacket and shielding and into the dielectric sheathing around the center conductor, whereafter the drill bit and drill guide members are removed. A housing of the coaxial connector containing stationary and movable signal probes is mounted on the plate to position the signal probes relative to the drilled holes whereafter the signal probes are moved into electrical connection with the center conductor and ground conductor members penetrate the jacket and electrically connect with the shielding.

Abstract: A modular drill jig and method of making same, characterized by parallel base, tool and bushing plates which have precision machined flat and adjacent right angle edge faces defining orthogonal reference planes and axes for aiding in fast, precision lay out of the locations of drill guide bushings and other tooling in the drill jig. The plates are removably assembled in modular fashion on common guide posts. The bushing and tool plates are movable relative to each other for clamping a part to be drilled between opposed parallel clamping faces of such plates. In the manufacture of the drill jig, the adjacent right angle edge faces on the plates enable fast and precision lay out of bores for the guide posts in the plates, such precision lay out ensuring proper vertical alignment of the plates and enabling the desired movement of the tool plate without binding thereof on the guide posts while maintaining the opposed clamping faces of the bushing and tool plates parallel.

Abstract: A connector and cable preparation fixture to provide a coaxial cable tap while the cable continues to pass signals. The apparatus of the present invention attaches the cable tap without shorting the conductors and without significantly changing the coaxial cable parameters which would affect the data flow therein. The fixture described herein provides a guide for a cutting operation and for the subsequent assembly of the finished connector. The connector includes a cable tap which mounts on the coaxial cable in a perpendicular manner, and a center pin which attaches to the coaxial cable center wire along the axis of the cable tap. The center pin has two prongs spaced apart in opposition to straddle the center conductor. The connector is easily installed with no measurements. The resultingconnection has a long and reliable life without causing an interruption to information or signal flow on the cable at any time.

Abstract: An edge joining fixture is provided comprising a spacer which is secured to the ends of a pair of boards by a clamp with the ends of the board abutting the spacer so that the ends will be properly aligned. A body member having drill bit bushings formed therein is positioned between the board members and rests upon the upper edges of the board members and is then clamped into position. A drill bit is then moved downwardly through the bushings to create dowel holes in the edges of the boards. A clamp on the body member is then released and the body member moved to the next dowel hole location where the body member is again clamped into position. The procedure is repeated until all of the desired dowel holes have been formed.

Abstract: A power drill system is disclosed which is hand held and manually operable. The drill system includes a drill and a positive feed unit for the drill connected thereto. A clamping member is connected at a lower portion thereof to a housing for the drill and feed unit. The clamp member is pneumatically powered to move it against a workpiece and clamp it against the housing at the location of the drill. A four way toggle switch controls the air pressure to the clamp member allowing the operator to control the clamping operation with one hand while the other hand holds the housing in the desired position.

Abstract: A drilling apparatus especially useful in drilling holes in wooden joists and studs, through which plumbing and electrical cables are to be routed, includes a bracket for engaging a joist or stud and a movable carriage supporting an electric motor and drill bit. A lever mechanism moves the carriage, and hence the motor and drill bit forcibly toward the bracket, forcing the drill bit through the joist. Countertorque from the drill bit is resisted by the coaction of the bracket and the drill bit in the hole being drilled. This avoids possible loss of balance by the operator.

Abstract: A pin machining fixture 10 has a plurality of openings 25 extending through a body having exterior surfaces 11-16 that lie accurately in three pairs of parallel planes that intersect perpendicularly. Each of the through openings 25 has a location notch 26, and the apexes of location notches 26 are equally spaced apart and arranged in a plane parallel with a pair of exterior surfaces. Set screws 30 threaded into the body clamp a pin or work piece 20 in each of location notches 26 so that a portion of each pin 20 extends beyond one exterior surface for machining. An abutment key 40 is preferably adjustable within the exterior surfaces of fixture 10 for locating ends of a plurality of pins 20 to be clamped and machined.

Abstract: The dowel hole drilling machine comprises a workpiece support. One part of the workpiece support and a crosspiece carrying the drilling unit are mounted to be pivotally movable in unison about an axis. That workpiece support comprises eccentrically mounted supports, which are adapted to be aligned and flush with the workpiece support and to protrude beyond a workpiece support, which extends at right angles to the workpiece support and is spaced the same distance from the pivotal axis as the workpiece support. The workpiece support serves to support the workpiece during a horizontal drilling operation. When the drilling unit is in a vertical position, the stops are flush with the workpiece support and serve as stops for the drilling of the first row of dowel holes. This results in an exact coordination of the drill and the workpiece support, which constitutes a stop for and defines the location of the reference edge during the horizontal and vertical drilling operations.

Abstract: A milling assembly 10 for machining an I-beam 12 including tube flange portions 14, 16 and a web portion 18 therebetween including a pair of oppositely disposed and spaced milling heads 134 for milling the two flanged portions 14, 16 of the I-beam 12 and a support table for supporting the I-beam 12 thereon for reciprocating movement relative to the milling heads 134 to bring the ends of the I-beam 12 in contact with the milling heads 134. Alignment buttons 49, 76, 108, 124 are mounted on the support table for aligning the I-beam 12 upon the support table 128 in a predetermined position and three clamping stations 24, 26 and 28 are mounted on the support table 128 for fixedly clamping the I-beam 12 along the length of the support table 128.

Abstract: Device designed to move a section (2) being machined past machining means (9, 10) and in the long direction of the section so that it can be positioned with respect to the machining means, comprising at least one clamp (20) designed to grip the said section at at least one position along its length, means (27) for actuating the said clamp (20) so that it grips or releases the said section, and translation means (12, 13, 18) for moving the said clamp (20) in the lengthwise direction of the section in order to move this section past the said machining means (9, 10).

Abstract: Disclosed in an all-angle dowel drill fixture having a drill guide block and a clamping assembly pivotally mounted on a base plate. The drill guide block can be selectively positioned and pivoted to provide a drill guide for drilling matching dowel holes in the ends of workpieces for end to end dowelling or selectively positioned to provide a drill guide for drilling matching dowel holes in the sides of workpieces for edge to edge dowelling.

Abstract: This invention relates to a "T" shaped doweling jig and an attachable convertible clamp device for holding a work part. The doweling jig is comprised of a drill bit guide hole member and a base plate. The drill bit guide hole member is provided with at least one defined drill bit guide hole which is interchangeable with other guide hole members and provides a range of defined drill bit diameter guide holes. The base is provided with at least one alignment port hole, cut-outs and alignment indicies that correspond with said guide holes, and provides for the correct positioning and clamping of the doweling jig over the work part, and the subsequent passing of the drill bit through a guide hole in one direction to drill the first work part, and consecutively to pass the drill bit through the same guide hole in the opposite direction to drill a mirror image hole in a second work part.

Abstract: Disclosed is an all-angle dowel drill fixture having a drill guide block and a clamping assembly pivotally mounted on a base plate. The drill guide block can be selectively positioned and pivoted to provide a drill guide for drilling matching dowel holes in the ends of workpieces for end to end dowelling or selectively positioned to provide a drill guide for drilling matching dowel holes in the sides of workpieces for edge to edge dowelling.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for carrying, positioning and operating relatively unwieldy machine tools, such as heavy multiple-head drilling assemblies, upon massive flanged work-pieces, such as structural members for bridges, in order to more efficiently perform required operations upon the work-pieces, such as the pre-drilling of girders and their associated splice plates in a fabrication yard prior to field erection of the structure into which they will be assembled.

Abstract: An attachment kit is disclosed for converting a standard radial arm saw to a horizontal drill press. The kit includes a drill holder that attaches to the arbor of the radial arm saw's motor, a drill, a work support platform for holding a workpiece at a correct height and a work holder assembly for holding the workpiece to the upper surface of the work support platform.

Abstract: A compact boring tool has a support base with a pair of blocks mounted thereon to mount a work piece and a feed support block spaced apart therefrom having a threaded opening for supporting a feed screw. The feed screw has threads matching the threaded opening of the support block and a quill rotatably mounted through its center, the quill having a socket head for being driven and a shank end for receiving and securing a drill bit or drill chuck. A locking pin selectively locks the quill to the feed screw to provide for power backing out of the feed screw and quill after a hole has been drilled in the work. A support plate attachment is provided for converting the boring tool for surface boring operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dowel hole boring guide for precision boring of dowel holes in ends and abutting surfaces of workpieces and is composed of a boring support incorporating a plurality of appropriately sized and spatially related tool guide openings and which support is hingedly connected to a workpiece clamping means with parallel clamping surfaces and wherein the rotational axis of the hinge is perpendicular to the clamping surfaces.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for taking a plural number of test samples simultaneously from a frozen meat block packed in a container utilizes a support frame which mounts a fixed table and container clamping device and which supports in sliding relation thereon a movable carriage and multiple drill bit sampling unit. A drive unit, once energized, moves the carriage and multiple drill sampling unit inward or outward by means of a cylinder/piston arrangement connected to the frame at one end and to the carriage at the other. A second motor drive unit drives the multiple drill bits. Means is provided for catching and directing the extracted meat samples to a container situated beneath the sampling drill bits and which moves inward and outward with the carriage as it moves on the support frame.

Abstract: A method for piercing a double plate for an H-beam by utilizing a multiple spindle H-beam piercing mill capable of piercing both flange portions and a web portion of the H-beam and a tool having a substantially H-shaped section and capable of being mounted on this piercing mill, in which the double plate for the H-beam is fixed to the tool and the double plate is pierced by the same drill arrangement as used for processing of the H-beam to which the double plate is to be attached.

Abstract: A doweling jig requiring minimal adjustment for drilling multiple like-size mating dowel pin holes in workpieces of varying thicknesses, dependent on the configuration of fixed position drill guides or bushings. The jig is generally of channel construction, with reversible clamping for use on double jigs of one or two channels. Each side of a double jig may differ in configuration and size of its fixed position drill guides. Of the many construction methods, two use interchangeable heads containing one or more drill guide configurations. The use of pivotal stop disks at each end of the channel lessens visual alignment.

Abstract: A drill jig for producing a rectangular mortise in the flat surface of a workpiece requiring only a portable drill and drill bit. The rectangular slot is intended to snugly house a standard square or hex nut so as to keep it from turning in either direction. The jig also permits production of a pilot hole perpendicular to the mortised slot for receiving the threaded end of a bolt for mating with the embedded nut. The drill jig in a preferred embodiment includes a pair of substantially identical drill guide members, an anvil plate, and a stationary support, all of which are movably disposed on a vertical support member. The workpiece is clamped between the lower drill guide plate and the anvil plate. Each of the drill guide plates includes a channel-shaped member having the desired slot templates formed therein, and a movable template disposed therewithin.

Abstract: A support device for a pipe driller and particularly for sewer pipe which eliminates excavation from the underside of the pipe. A support means engages a standard pipe driller and arm members extend from the support. The arm members are pivotally secured to the support and extend in one direction to partially surround the pipe. The arm members also extend in the opposite direction and are operable with screw means to secure the opposing arms against the pipe. The pipe contacting portions of the arm are preferably arcuate in configuration and surround the pipe over not more than ninety degrees of its radius and above the lowermost portion of the pipe.

Abstract: A boring jig is provided having at least one drill bit guidance hole and having two clamps for holding the work. Provision is made for passing the drill bit through the guidance hole in one direction to drill a first work piece held under one clamp, then consecutively to pass the drill through the same guidance hole in the opposite direction to drill a mirror-image hole in a second work piece held under the other clamp.

Abstract: A drilling head system for use in simultaneous drilling of a plurality of holes in an I-beam web. The system is characterized by its motor driven control features which permit vertical and horizontal adjustment of a drilling platform and thus the individual drilling spindles with respect to an I-beam supported securely beneath the drilling head.

Abstract: Disk cutting apparatus embodying a pair of detachable clamping elements having flat surfaces facing each other for clamping a stack of sheets of material therebetween from which the disks are cut. At least one opening is provided through a clamping element and is of a size corresponding to the size of the disk to be cut. A cutter extends through the opening and has inner and outer cylindrical surfaces with the outer surface being of a size corresponding to the size of the opening. The inner surface at one end of the cutter is beveled to provide an outwardly flaring annular surface which terminates in an annular cutting edge.

Abstract: A repair tool for performing quick, inexpensive and almost invisible repairs on fabrics which have been subjected to local damage. The tool comprises a base plate having core pins and ring pins projecting upwardly therefrom. An annular holding ring overfits the base plate and sandwiches the fabric to be repaired therebetween. A rotary knob including a circular razor turns within the holding ring central opening to cut a perfect circular hole in the fabric to remove the damaged area. The tool is utilized to cut a similar circular patch from an undamaged portion of the fabric. The patch is then applied to the circular hole in the damaged fabric and is secured thereto by rearwardly positioned adhesive faced material to provide an almost invisible repair.

Abstract: This invention relates to a drill bit locating tool particularly adapted locating drill holes associated with furniture hinges, the tool including a generally U-shaped member defined by a bight portion and a pair of the legs with a first of the legs carrying a clamp and a second of the legs having aperture means for locating drill bits to form drill holes for an associated furniture hinge, the improvement comprising an adaptor carried by the second leg, the adaptor being generally U-shaped in cross-section and in embracing relationship to the second leg, and means carried by the adaptor for locating the tool relative to a piece of furniture.

Abstract: A pre-cast, reinforced concrete manhole riser is provided with a precisely aligned porthole for a sewer pipe, by cutting the hole on the site, the resulting smooth-faced, unobstructed porthole being sealed by a flexible collar having one end clamped on the pipe and having a flange at the other end adhered to the riser around the cut hole. Apparatus for cutting the hole, on the site, clamps on the upper rim of the riser, there being a cutter and carriage which move relative to a clamped frame.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus attachable to a rail for supporting a portable machine tool therefrom including exchangeable and formed clamping blocks with pre-set adjustment members to match points on the web contour between the base and head of all sizes of rail, and to accurately align and securely lock the machine tool into its proper working position relative to the rail without any location against parts of the rail subject to wear.