Abstract: A holding device for holding a tool includes a holding block having a central opening formed from a stack of laminated members secured together. The block includes holes extending away from the central opening. A pair of support plates are secured to the block and are secured at right angles to one another. Key hole slots are in one of the support members and have a first bore containing a slug and a second bore at right angles thereto. A threaded member extends through the other of the support members, through the second bore, and is threaded into the slug within the first bore.

Abstract: A workpiece holder includes a template and a pair of slide blocks mounted to the template for slideable movement with respect to the template. The slide blocks and the template can be mounted to a base plate or can be mounted to each other without the use of a base plate. The slide blocks include straight edge surface and L-shaped notched surface which can be reversed to accommodate templates and workpieces of varying shapes.

Abstract: A router plate for use with a router having a planar surface and an arbor projecting therethrough. The router plate comprises a flat plate member having an opening extending therethrough with a rabbet flange extending inwardly from the outer perimetric edges of the opening. The invention also includes a removable insert that resides within the opening in the router plate and is supported by the rabbet flange. A plurality of removable inserts may be provided, each having a differently sized aperture for accepting a particular router bit. The insert appropriately sized for a particular application is detachably mounted to the router plate.

Abstract: Panel raising is accomplished with an elongate router cutter tool working against a workpiece or panel which is supported edgewise on the working surface of a work table.