Abstract: Provided is cutting tool. The tool, in certain examples, includes a drill body that defines a drill axis, and a tool window formed in the drill body. The tool also includes a drill bit extending from the drill body, and a material reworking attachment (“MRA”) coupled to the drill body and storable within the tool window. The MRA is extendable from a stored position into either a surface-finishing position or a material-removal position. The MRA includes a first chamfering blade, a second chamfering blade, and a finishing surface interposed between the chamfering blades. The tool also includes a position manager to detect a position of the cutting tool with reference to a workpiece, and an actuator to transition the MRA from the stored position to the material-removal position, followed by a transition to the surface-finishing position, and followed by a transition to material-removal position.

Abstract: A tool that facilitates deburring interfaces in any stack orientation when access is limited to one side of the structure. The deburring blade has the capability to enter drilled holes and remove metallic burrs from mixed material interfaces regardless of stack orientation, i.e., metallic entrance or exit burrs within the stack. The blade design incorporates a slotted feature that hinges on a steel pin. The slot orientation is parallel to the metallic interface of the stackup. The resultant forces of metal material removal are reacted by the walls of the slot, allowing removal of metal material on either the front or back side of the blade tip.

Abstract: A combination-type machining tool has a handle segment and a head segment. The handle segment is made of stainless steel or carbon steel and has a clamping handle and a body. The body is axially formed on and protrudes from a front end of the clamping handle and has a protruding rod axially formed on and protruding from a front side of the body. The head segment is made of tungsten steel, is mounted around the protruding rod and has a through hole axially formed through a front side and a rear side of the head segment, and an inner peripheral surface of the through hole is securely mounted around the protruding rod to enable the rear side of the head-segment to abut against the front side of the body.

Abstract: A tool bit providing a combined drill bit and milling bit is disclosed herein. The tool bit in one embodiment includes a working section having a longitudinally extending central axis, an O-flute extending along the working section, and a tooth formed at a tip portion of the working section, the tooth offset from the central axis.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a power tool includes a housing having a first opening formed therein with a motor being contained within the housing. The tool includes a device for sharpening a writing implement. The sharpening device is at least partially contained within the housing and accessible through the first opening which permits the writing implement to be inserted into the sharpening device. The sharpening device is operatively connected to the motor such that operation of the motor drives the sharpening device.

Abstract: Rotatable multi-operation tool including replaceable cutting inserts of different types, and a basic body rotatable around a center axis with rear and front ends from which there is extending rearward an envelope surface in which at least one chip space is countersunk, which opens in the envelope surface and in the front end. A first cutting insert type is mounted in a first insert seat formed in one side surface of the chip space in the immediate vicinity of the front end and included in a cavity opening in the front end for the cutting insert to partly protrude axially forward from the front end. A second cutting insert type is mounted in a second insert seat formed in the same side surface as the first insert seat and situated axially behind the first insert seat and included in a cavity opening in a part of the envelope surface.

Abstract: Various identification tags are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a coupling with an extended skirt having an opening to receive an identification tag. The identification tag may be configured to be snapped into the opening, slid into the opening, or threaded into the opening, for example. The identification tag, such as an RFID tag, may include an electronics module to enable wireless communication with a reader. The electronics module may be received within a body to facilitate installation and retention of the tag and increase durability. The disclosed tags may also be installed in other components. Various other tags, systems, devices, and methods pertaining to identification tags are also disclosed.

Abstract: A rotatable multi-operation tool for chip removing machining, including a plurality of replaceable cutting inserts of different types, and a basic body that is rotatable around a center axis and includes a rear end and a front end from which there is extending rearward an envelope surface in which at least one chip space, delimited by two opposite side surfaces, is countersunk, which opens in the envelope surface and in the front end. A first cutting insert is mounted in a first insert seat that is formed in one side surface of the chip space and situated in the immediate vicinity of the front end and included in a cavity that opens in the front end for the cutting insert to partly protrude axially forward from the front end. A second cutting insert, of a type other than the first cutting insert, is mounted in a second insert seat, which is formed in the same side surface as the first insert seat and situated axially behind the first insert seat.

Abstract: Rotatable multi-operation tool including replaceable cutting inserts of different types, and a basic body rotatable around a center axis with rear and front ends from which there is extending rearward an envelope surface in which at least one chip space is countersunk, which opens in the envelope surface and in the front end. A first cutting insert type is mounted in a first insert seat formed in one side surface of the chip space in the immediate vicinity of the front end and included in a cavity opening in the front end for the cutting insert to partly protrude axially forward from the front end. A second cutting insert type is mounted in a second insert seat formed in the same side surface as the first insert seat and situated axially behind the first insert seat and included in a cavity opening in a part of the envelope surface.

Abstract: A combination end milling/drilling/reaming cutting tool includes an end milling portion, a drilling portion, and a reaming portion. The cutting tool also includes a neck portion between the end milling portion and the drilling portion, and a clearance neck portion between a shank and the reaming portion. A method of machining a workpiece using the combination end milling/drilling/reaming cutting tool is also disclosed.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a power tool includes a housing having a first opening formed therein with a motor being contained within the housing. The tool includes a device for sharpening a writing implement. The sharpening device is at least partially contained within the housing and accessible through the first opening which permits the writing implement to be inserted into the sharpening device. The sharpening device is operatively connected to the motor such that operation of the motor drives the sharpening device.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool is provided for cutting an opening in a sheet of material (e.g., drywall) around a pre-installed item (e.g., an electrical box). The cutting tool may include a shaft, at least one cutter, a guide tip and a shoulder formed by a lower edge of the cutter adjacent the guide tip. The shoulder may have a width that corresponds to the width of a wall of the pre-installed item. The width of the shoulder may be equal to the width of the wall, or it may be slightly greater than the width of the wall. The guide tip may include a bearing to prevent marring of the wall of the item when the guide tip is rotating and in contact with the wall. An adjustable collar and corresponding bearing may also be disposed around the shaft for controlling a preferred cutting depth of the cutter. The cutting tool may be engaged with any suitable rotary tool, including one having an adjustable table for controlling a preferred cutting depth of the cutter.

Abstract: A coupling device for connecting tools with different configuration to a driving mechanism. The coupling device may have a longitudinal axis, a first clamping device which may engage a tool with a peg-shaped clamping segment and a second clamping device which may engage a tool with a generally flat portion. The coupling device may be used to connect a tool to a drive shaft which may be attached to a motor. The tools may be locked or unlocked relative to the coupling device by sliding a sleeve along the axis of the coupling device. The sleeve may be biased in a locked position by biasing means such as a spring. The coupling device may be configured so that the first and second tool may be prevented from rotating and/or moving axially with respect to the drive shaft.

Abstract: An adjustable drilling edge-widening and screw driving tool set includes a main body, a first sleeve, a second sleeve and a third sleeve. The main body has the front portion installed with a drill base and the rear portion combined with a locking rod of a powered tool. With the powered tool to drive the main body to rotate, the drill base fixing a drill can be simultaneously driven to rotate. A first sleeve combined with a second sleeve is used to operate a micro adjustment of extending length of the drill base and the drill to get a precise depth of drilling and edge-widening, and a third sleeve is employed to enable the locking rod combined with or released from the rear portion of main body. The locking rod released from the main body can be solely used as a screw driver. So, the adjustable tool set has three kinds of functions.

Abstract: A corner portion working tool includes: a main body portion 4 having a space 5 through which a cutting fluid can pass; and a blade portion 8 that is provided in the main body portion 4 and can be displaced outwardly of the main body portion 4, wherein the blade portion 8 is displaced outwardly of the main body portion 4 according to a change in hydrostatic pressure of the cutting fluid having passed through the space 5, and the main body portion 4 is rotated to work a corner portion with the blade portion 8. Thus, the corner portion working tool brings the blade portion for deburring or corner portion shape forming into contact with only a hole end surface, does not reduce quality of an inner wall surface of a hole, does not select a proper rotation condition, and easily performs deburring or corner portion shape forming.

Abstract: An apparatus for drilling a workpiece has a shaft portion including a holder to hold a drilling tool rotating around a first axis. A reduction gear is connected to the shaft portion. A cylindrical member, including an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder, rotatably contains the shaft portion at an eccentric position. The cylindrical member is connected to the output shaft of the reduction gear and rotated around a second axis parallel to the first axis. A slide containing cylinder contains the shaft portion, the reduction gear and the cylindrical member. The slide containing cylinder has a sliding structure for axially moving the shaft portion, the reduction gear and the cylindrical member. A drilling tool is simultaneously rotated around the first axis, revolved around the second axis and is axially moved.

Abstract: In FIG. 2, a diameter Dd of drilling edges of a drill is selected smaller than a valley diameter d1 of a male thread of a tap portion, and an inner diameter D1 of a female thread is defined by the valley diameter d1 of the male thread. Therefore, a predetermined radial gap is formed between the male thread 30 formed by the tap portion and the drill. When a tap with the drill is reversely rotated to be pulled out from the female thread after cutting the female thread, the tap released from the restriction may defectively displace in the diameter direction upon pulling out the male thread of the tap portion from the female thread. However, the drill hardly contacts with the female thread, so that the occurrence of the defective product due to the contact is suppressed.

Abstract: An apparatus for making variable diameter and shape holes through metal plates in a sheet plate machining gantry machine comprises two parallel cross members and two horizontal parallel guides integral with the cross members and supporting a horizontal cross arm which is controllably driven on the guides, the horizontal arm supporting horizontal parallel guides therealong is controllably driven an apparatus including a milling tool which can controllably driven in a vertical plane. The method comprises the step of controllably simultaneously driving a two-fluted mill both in a vertical plane (Z), and in a horizontal plane (U).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to surface roughening methods in which a cutting tool having a radial cutting blade with first and second cutting edges is fed along a longitudinal axis of an article while rotating the cutting tool about the axis. The first cutting edge forms a first machined pattern of peaks and valleys on a surface of the article, and the second cutting edge removes at least a portion of the peaks to form roughened fracture surfaces in a second machined pattern defining an arrangement of grooves, corresponding to the valleys, separated by lands, corresponding to the roughened fracture surfaces. The disclosure also provides cutting tools useful in practicing the surface roughening methods. The disclosure further describes cylindrical articles having interior or exterior surfaces roughened using the methods. The methods, cutting tools and articles have applications including fabrication of cylinder blocks for internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A workstation having an assembly that includes a support for holding a jamb positioned with the face thereof at a site for mortising a hinge pocket in the face, a support for receiving and holding a door with its hinge side edge at the site adjacent to and parallel with the jamb for mortising operations at that edge and a cutting tool carried by the assembly operating to form hinge mortises in an edge of the door and the jamb face at the site. The support for the door is operable to pivot the door about the hinge side edge of the door from a first angle for forming hinge mortises in the hinge edge of a door having a bevel and a second angle for forming hinge mortises in the hinge edge of a door having no bevel.

Abstract: The cutout bit includes a first bit segment configured to be free of flutes. The cutout bit also includes a second bit segment extending from the first bit segment at a first location. Moreover, the cutout bit includes a third bit segment extending from the second bit segment and terminating in a tip. In addition, the cutout bit includes a first flute extending along only the second bit segment. The cutout bit also includes a second flute extending along both the second bit segment and the third bit segment. The second flute extends from the first location to the tip.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to surface roughening methods in which a cutting tool having a radial cutting blade with first and second cutting edges is fed along a longitudinal axis of an article while rotating the cutting tool about the axis. The first cutting edge forms a first machined pattern of peaks and valleys on a surface of the article, and the second cutting edge removes at least a portion of the peaks to form roughened fracture surfaces in a second machined pattern defining an arrangement of grooves, corresponding to the valleys, separated by lands, corresponding to the roughened fracture surfaces. The first and second walls may include concave regions within the grooves. The disclosure also provides cutting tools useful in practicing the methods, and cylindrical articles having interior or exterior surfaces roughened using the methods. The methods may have applications to fabrication of cylinder blocks for internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A portable toolbox has a compartment closed by a lid, the lid being configured to mount a powered saw module to an inner face thereof such that the saw blade extends from an outer side of the lid which provides a flat sawbench. The toolbox is used with powered hand tools of the type having a power handle module incorporating rechargeable batteries and control switch for engaging a variety of multi-purpose tools having respective electric motors. A battery station receives the power handle module and an associated circuit controls and supplies power to the saw. An adaptor fixture may be employed in one configuration to provide a drill press and in another to provide a saw fence. The adaptor fixture includes a sliding carriage for mounting a powered hand drill and jaws for clamping engagement with the toolbox when used as a fence.

Abstract: First and second bore blade portions are provided on the outer periphery of a rotary shaft at intervals in the circumferential direction with a rotation axis as the center. A first bore blade portion has a continuous blade and a second bore blade portion has a discontinuous blade having protruding blade edges and indented blade edges, which are alternately provided. The distance in the radial direction of the protruding blade edges is set so as to be greater than or equal to the distance in the radial direction of a continuous blade, and the distance in the radial direction of indented blade edges is set so as to be smaller than the distance in the radial direction of the continuous blade. Accordingly, the cutting resistance of the bore cutter can be reduced.

Abstract: A single tool that provides multiple machining operations for forming a lug hole through a vehicle wheel hub includes an end portion having a first diameter and a mid-portion having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. A spade drill bit is mounted upon the end portion and a bore cutting tool is mounted upon the mid-portion.

Abstract: A device (41) for positioning a joinery fastener (74) in a joinery member (33) for later use in forming a joinery assembly. The fastener positioning device (41) includes a feed magazine (82) formed for feeding joinery fasteners (74) to a gripping apparatus (83). The gripping apparatus (83) is positioned to receive the fasteners (74) and is further adapted to releasably grip individual fasteners (74) at a position (103) below the fastener head (86) to hold the fasteners (74) in a known and controlled, indexed relation to the gripping apparatus (83). The gripping apparatus is movable between a fastener gripping position to a fastener placement position while the pointed end (88) of the fastener (74) remains in indexed relation, and a placement arm (92) is formed to urge the fastener (74) from the gripping apparatus (83) and into interference fit with the joinery member (33).

Abstract: A drill bit capable of axial cutting as well as side cutting, having a generally cylindrical elongate body with a bit diameter, includes a frontmost drilling end for axial cutting, a cutting section extending from the drilling end for side cutting, and a shank extending from the cutting section. The cutting section is helically cut at a helix angle of substantially 15°±2° to form one pair of diametrically opposite helical flutes whose outermost edges are sharpened to form respective cutting edges, arranged around a solid central core whose diameter is substantially directly proportional to the bit diameter. The length of the cutting edges in the axial direction of the drill bit body is calculated according to the formula: Cutting Edge=Bit Diameter×&pgr;×Cc/Tan (Helix Angle), Cc being a constant in a range from 0.85 to 0.90.

Abstract: A door preparation station includes a data processing control system that drives a display for presenting sequential series of menu selections that illicit operator information that is used as control data to configure the station for preparing a door for receipt of predetermined door hardware (e.g., locks, hinges, etc.) of one type or another. Based upon responses received at the menu selections, the processing system positions and operates various door preparation cutting and drilling elements for the door preparation procedure.

Abstract: A complex cutting-blade tool wherein a neck having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the drill thereof is connected to a shank. At the place where the drill and the neck are connected is provided a burr removal cutting blade inclined roughly 45° from the tool center axis. A hole entrance beveling cutting blade is also mounted through fixture to the neck, inclined at an angle of roughly 45° from the tool turning center axis, in a direction opposite to the burr removal cutting blade. The fixture can be secured at any position along the length of the neck, wherefore the distance between the burr removal cutting blade and the hole entrance cutting blade can be suitably adjusted so as to correspond to the depth of the machined hole (i.e. the thickness of the workpiece).

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein is a simple but versatile sawing device for effectively and efficiently cutting or sawing hard solid materials. A driving mechanism consisting of three slidably-associated elements converts a rotational force into a dual rotatory/reciprocatory motion. A cam key may be disengaged to permit the device to be used to drill into a surface. Also disclosed is a novel cutting-rod element that is a hard metal rod with cutting teeth of a unique shape on its surface.

Abstract: An apparatus (30) and method for forming an obliquely oriented counterbore (17) in a surface (15) of a workpiece (13) and a fastener receiving passage (19) proximate an edge (32) of the workpiece (13). The apparatus (30) includes a support frame (33), and a router assembly (34). The router assembly (34) is mounted for arcuate movement between a stored position, out of contact with the workpiece (13), and a routing position where a router bit (36) contacts the workpiece (13) to cut a tapering recess (1.7). A drill assembly (39) is movably mounted to the frame (33) for linear movement between a recessed position, out of contact with the workpiece (13), and a drilling position. In the drilling position, a drill bit (41) engages the workpiece (13) in a direction generally opposing the router bit (36) to drill the passage (19).

Abstract: A mortise and tenon generating system 10 having a removable tenon template 12 that attaches to the work piece. A router 26 utilizing a router bit 18 with a bearing collar 30 is guided so that the bearing collar 30 circumferentially contacts a guide edge 54 on the tenon template 12 and machines the tenon 36 out of the work piece 18. A router jig 16 with a tilting table 100 having a machining opening 118 is provided for supporting the router 26 and receiving the router bit 28. The router jig 16 also includes a clamp assembly 98 with a rotatable guide member 168 for receiving the work piece. The tilting table 100 and rotatable guide member 168 allow the work piece to be oriented at a variety of angles with respect to the router bit 28, for the creation of angled and compound angled tenons and/or mortises.

Abstract: An automatic machine for performing framing operations on a power pole. The machine is controlled by a programmable logic control and interchangeable programs are provided to control the operation of the machine according to a pole frame specification. Poles to be framed are received on a primary conveyor. The poles are sequentially scanned for length and position and are transferred in sequence to a longitudinal feed station where the poles are oriented on a first set of supports. An end of the pole is clamped to a movable carriage to maintain the pole orientation. The pole is fed through a movable rotatable tool ring either by movement of the pole clamp carriage or movement of the tool ring. The tool ring supports tooling to perform the framing operation on the pole. The programmable logic control coordinates the movement of the pole clamp carriage, the movement of the tool ring and the rotation of the tool ring to position the tools in the proper relation to the pole.

Abstract: A boring apparatus provided with feed and discharge roller conveyors for drilling holes in heavy steel structural shapes can be constructed so that at least one boring unit is transformable into a milling unit, the computer being programmed with a milling program. The mechanism for advancing the workpiece used for boring is thus used also for displacing the workpiece during milling so that milling tables upon which the workpiece must be clamped and the like need not be provided. The system also avoids the need to move the massive workpieces between boring/milling units.

Abstract: A tool for cutting an access hole in plasterboard which is mounted to a wall stud. The tool includes a housing portion, a plug or connector portion and a cutting element such as a screw which has a head and a threaded shank. The housing portion has an exit opening, an interior cavity which forms a seat for the head of the cutting portion and a bore which extends from the exit opening to the cavity. The shank of the screw extends freely through the bore and beyond the exit opening. The plug or connector portion of the tool is threaded into the housing and engages the head of the screw for fixing the screw relative to the housing and includes a shank for insertion into the jaw or chuck of a rotary drive mechanism for rotating the cutting element about its central longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A twist drill has a cutting member at the bottom, a shaft at the top, and a reduced-diameter root clearance region between the cutting member and the shaft. Cutting edges are provided at the transition between the cutting member and the root clearance region, and further cutting edges are provided at the transition between the shaft and the root clearance region. After a throughhole has been drilled using the cutting member, the drill is displaced laterally and moved along a circular path while it is still rotating. As a result, the cutting edges at the transition between the cutting member and the root clearance region countersink the bottom end of the throughhole. A similar procedure is employed to countersink the top end of the throughhole using the further cutting edges at the transition between the shaft and the root clearance region.

Abstract: A combined sawing and drilling machine for structural steel shapes such as I beams has a circular saw unit and the drilling unit mounted on a common plate or on respective plates on a common foundation adjacent one another so that the clamping screw for replacement of the blade is actuated through a window or opening in the plate carrying the drill units, thereby allowing the drilling unit and the saw to be disposeed closer together when the roller conveyor is equipped with only one position-measuring unit and thereby reducing cut-off waste.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bit which can be cut both axially and laterally, and which is especially useful to cut an access opening in a sheetrock panel covering an electrical outlet box. The bit self-guides itself laterally around the periphery of the outlet box so that the opening will correspond to the shape of the box. The configuration of the bit permits it to be made in an unusually small diameter so as to minimize the width of the slot it cuts.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and drilling stock wherein the cutting and drilling operations are performed simultaneously at a single station. A table having a planar surface is used for supporting the stock. A saw is disposed above the surface of the table, and a pair of drills, each having two drill bits, are disposed below the surface of the table. The saw is pivotally coupled to the table so that the saw may be moved toward the planar surface for cutting the stock. As the saw descends toward the table, a clamping mechanism is activated for fixing the stock in place on the table as it is being cut. As the stock is being cut, the drill bits extend through corresponding apertures in the planar surface for drilling the underside of the stock. After the stock is drilled, the drill bits retract and the clamping mechanism releases its grip on the stock.

Abstract: The device for producing an undercut drilled hole includes a drilling machine, a drilling tool having a drilling head widening conically towards its front end; an adaptor connecting the drilling tool and the drilling machine so that the drilling tool rotates with the drilling machine; a sleeve fixedly connected to the drilling machine and having a circumferentially collar, the adaptor extending through the sleeve with the drilling tool protruding from the sleeve; a fixed bearing bush structured to receive the sleeve so that the sleeve is pivotable in the bearing bush, the circumferential collar including a first axial end face arranged in linear contact with a wall of the bearing bush; and a resiliently deformable element, especially a rubber ring, arranged between an annular disc member connected to the bearing bush and a second axial end face of the circumferential collar opposite to the first axial end face for axially holding the circumferential collar.

Abstract: A hand tool useful in forming a pocket mortise in the surface of a workpiece proximate an edge of the workpiece. The hand tool includes a clamping assembly for releasably clamping the tool to the workpiece, and a router carried by the clamp assembly and mounted for manual displacement toward the workpiece edge at an incline to progressively cut deeper into the workpiece and form an inclined pocket mortise. The hand tool also preferably carries a drill bit guide on the clamp assembly which is formed to receive and guide a drill bit from a hand drill for drilling a bore from the workpiece edge to the mortise. A method of forming a pocket mortise including the steps of clamping the clamp assembly with a movable router to a workpiece, routing the pocket mortise and then drilling a hole to the pocket mortise from the edge of the workpiece by a hand drill also is described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting a workpiece, such as a panel, in particular a sandwich panel, in which an elongate milling cutter 21 is mounted in axially spaced bearings 18, 19. A workpiece is supported on a support 11 and a relative cutting sweep movement between the supported workpiece and the elongate cutter is caused to take place in at least one direction transverse to the axis of the cutter, whereby the cut is made in that transverse direction.

Abstract: A pipe saddle for providing a reliable connection to a pipe. The present invention uses a barb seal which embeds within the surface of the pipe to lock the pipe saddle in place and prevent leakage. The barb seal is formed from the material of the pipe saddle so that no deterioration occurs. The barb seal has an oval shape to provide better sealing capabilities. T-bolt connectors allow the device to be individually tightened on each side of the pipe while allowing the body portions of the saddle to be pivotally opened yet maintained as a single unit to allow easy implementation.

Abstract: A spindle driver for a machine tool is disclosed which is adapted to move the spindle and a tool driven thereby in a helical path with variable pitch and with an orbital radius which may be varied. A quill is mounted on a support member and driven by a variable pitch drive mechanism in the form of a differential lead screw to provide a selectable ratio of axial motion to rotative motion of the quill. A spindle carrier is rotatably mounted on the quill for rotation about an eccentric axis offset from the quill axis. A spindle motor and a spindle driven thereby is mounted on a carrier with the spindle axis offset from the eccentric rotation axis. The orbital radius for the spindle is adjustable by rotation of the spindle carrier about the eccentric rotation axis to adjust the offset of the spindle axis.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for simultaneously measuring and cutting 4.times.8 panels of sheetrock having a measuring unit which has a stylus supported thereon for both vertical and horizontal movement to trace out the outline from a ceiling or wall of a panel of sheetrock to be cut directly form the wall or ceiling upon which the panel is to be installed. The cutting unit has sawing means mounted thereon for both vertical and horizontal movement positionable over a stack of 4.times.8 sheetrock panels. Electrical means connects the measuring unit to the cutting unit so that the sawing means on the cutting unit cuts a 4.times.8 panel of sheetrock both vertically and horizontally simultaneously as outlined by the stylus of the measuring unit outling the area to be paneled.

Abstract: In sawing and drilling machine for splitting up and drilling panel-type workpieces, a saw carriage and a drilling device for planar face and/or end face drilling are guided below a machine table having a saw slit, along a straight-line guide parallel to the saw slit.To minimize the structural expenditure involved in guiding and driving the saw carriage and the drilling device, it is proposed that the drilling device be guidable along the straight-line guide of the saw carriage and that it be jointly adjustable with the saw carriage and that the saw slit be variable in its width.

Abstract: A process is described, with the aid of which panel-type workpieces to be manufactured from a panel blank may also be provided with flat face and/or end face bores in the course of their manufacture. For this purpose, the panel blank is displaced transversely to the cutting plane into a stop position, the flat face bores pertaining to one of the workpieces to be manufactured are subsequently made in the one flat side of the panel blank. To make the further flat face bores for the workpiece, the panel blank is then transported further in a clocked manner through predetermined paths in the same direction and bored after each advance. Upon completion of all of the flat face bores, the panel blank is displaced in a clocked manner in the opposite direction into predetermined positions, fixed after each advance, and lastly severed.For the end face boring, the panel blank is displaced in the direction of advance through a path corresponding to a side length of a workpiece and subsequently clamped and severed.

Abstract: A boring machine for preboring holes in railway ties on which a powered conveyor is supported for movement between input and discharge ends through a boring station between the input and discharge ends to extend transversely of the conveyor path. At the boring station transversely extending in side reference criteria are established in relation to which devices at the boring station position end lock each tie with its centerline and one end in a fixed relationship to the boring station reference criteria. Multi-spindle boring heads below the conveyor arranged in a predetermined relationship to the boring head transversely extending in side reference criteria are supported for vertical movement through a fixed distance with respect to the underside of the tie that bore holes in the tie underside in a fixed relationship relative to the tie centerline and one end.

Abstract: A work piece is mortised to receive an insert, and drilled for fastenings securing the insert in position, in a single cycle of operation facilitated by mounting the drill in an axial hole in the routing cutter. The drill is guided by the radially inner surfaces of the specially hard cutter inserts. A mechanism advances and retracts the drill with respect to the cutter, with the extension of the drill beyond the cutter taking place only when the cutter is not moving laterally in forming the mortise. The mortised depth is accurately controlled by an adjustable stop traversed by the drill, and forming an abutment limiting the insertion of the router bit into the holding collet. In addition to the plunge and horizontal movements involved in the formation of the mortise, a vertical movement to form mortise side-openings is provided by pivoting downward the frame carrying the entire movement system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a counterbore and a bore in a workpiece for toe fastening of the piece to a second member is disclosed. The apparatus includes a router mounted with its cutting bit transverse to the workpiece so that the bit may be progressively urged into the workpiece surface to produce a shallow counterbore. Additionally, a drillbit is mounted so that it can be urged from the edge of the workpiece in an opposite direction toward the counterbore to produce a fastener receiving bore which communicates with the counterbore. The router and drill are mounted on a common carriage, and in one embodiment the carriage is pivoted, while in another it is slid, in opposite directions to produce the counterbore and bore. A method of forming the bore and counterbore is also disclosed.