Horizontally Swingable Tool Support Patents (Class 144/144.41)
  • Patent number: 7143795
    Abstract: An apparatus for an attachment for a cut-out tool 16 whereby the cut-out tool is used to cut an identical image of a molding prototype template 22 into a work piece. The attachment is comprised of a base platform 18 having means for mounting the prototype template 22 and means 52 for mounting and securing a work piece thereto. The attachment is further comprised of a movable platform 12 having means for engaging the base platform 18 and capable of linear movement relative to the base platform. Slidably attached at 32, 50 to the movable platform 12 is the saw mounting platform 14 capable of transverse linear movement relative to the movable platform with a handle 24 depending therefrom and a saw attachment means 20, 68 mounted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Inventor: Rodney Ray Davis
  • Patent number: 6491072
    Abstract: The invention provides a woodworking duplicator which is adapted to be attached to a standard radial arm saw. The device allows a rotating cutting tool and a stylus to be movably supported allowing the user to trace a pattern with the stylus while cutting the pattern into a work piece with the cutter. The invention provides a duplicator that may be mounted to a radial arm saw wherein the duplicator includes elements that may be moved in five different directions. The invention also provides a duplicator having a stylus and a cutter that may be easily locked into different parallel positions so that the user of the duplicator may more easily trace the item being duplicated. The invention also provides a duplicator that supports the weight of the stylus and cutter tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventor: Richard G. Pikna