Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wood veneer surfaced furniture top with a profiled edge, utilizing a special tool and process, which when used collectively, eliminates the need for certain relatively costly machinery and manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A shaft assembly including an inner hub having a centrally-disposed bore therethrough and an outer surface for carrying a first member concentrically thereon for rotation therewith, an outer hub having a centrally-disposed bore therethrough and an outer surface for carrying a second member thereon for rotation therewith. The bore of the outer hub is adapted for receiving the inner hub concentrically therein for rotation therewith. An outer pressure-expansible sleeve is provided for being concentrically-mounted within the bore of said outer hub and pressurized for locking the outer hub onto the inner hub. An inner pressure-expansible sleeve is concentrically-positioned in the bore of the inner hub and pressurized for locking the inner hub onto a rotatable spindle, whereby the inner hub and outer hub and the respective members mounted thereon are locked in fixed, concentric relation relative to each other and to the rotatable spindle.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adjustable frame guide having a pair of first frame members and a pair of second frame members, the pair of first frame members and the pair of second frame members being connected by connection means to form a quadrilateral frame for guiding a hand-held router to rout various sizes and shapes of square, rectangular, and parallelogram shaped grooves or recesses. The quadrilateral frame has an inextensible joint connection at first ends of the first and second frame members, and an adjustable joint connection at second ends of first and second frame members. The adjustable joint connection is formed by overlapping and intersecting slots at the second ends of first and second frame members. In a second embodiment, the quadrilateral formed by the pair of first frame members and the pair of second frame members can be tilted to form a parallelogram shaped frame guide, or arranged in a trapezoid shape.

Abstract: A rotatable cutter head comprising an inner hub having a centrally-disposed bore therethrough and an outer surface for carrying at least one cutter plate concentrically thereon for rotation therewith, an outer hub having a centrally-disposed bore therethrough and an outer surface for carrying at least one cutter plate thereon for rotation therewith. The bore of the outer hub is adapted for receiving the inner hub concentrically therein for rotation therewith. An outer pressure-expansible sleeve is provided for being concentrically-mounted within the bore of said outer hub and pressurized for locking the outer hub onto the inner hub. An inner pressure-expansible sleeve is concentrically-positioned in the bore of the inner hub and pressurized for locking the inner hub onto a rotatable spindle, whereby the inner hub and outer hub and the respective cutter plates mounted thereon are locked in fixed, concentric relation relative to each other and to the rotatable spindle.

Abstract: A keying system for a miter joint with a work holder for engaging the outer surfaces of the boards when assembled. A flat planar tool guide is fixed to the work holder and has a slot that receives and guides a router tool to cut a slot through both boards triangularly shaped in its longitudinal direction and shaped in cross section as the cutting tool. Keys having a shape complementary to the slots in both directions are fixed in the slots to both decorate and support the joint.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for enabling the routing of wide grooves and rabbets onto the sides, edges, or ends of boards, using a hand-held router. The apparatus comprises a main body platform with a pair of fence feet mounted on the underside. The fence feet act as guide fences, supporting feet, or both, to guide the router over the workpiece to obtain the desired cut. Calibration reference points on the main body platform and on the fence feet allow the fence feet to be adjusted quickly and accurately for various widths of grooves and rabbets, and for a number of different router bit sizes. The operating height of the main body platform may be adjusted by adding fence feet soles and spacers onto the bottom of the fence feet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a guide apparatus for use with a portable router, for enabling the router to rout an edge of a workpiece at virtually any angle between 0.degree. and 90.degree.. The guide apparatus comprises: a main body for receiving a router base and including an opening for a router bit to extend therethrough; a reference member having a planar surface for abutment with a planar surface of a workpiece and including a guide edge along one edge thereof; a hinge means connecting the reference member to the main body; a securing means for securing the reference member to the main body at a desired angle; and a guide bar securable relative to the workpiece and providing a guide surface for abutting the guide edge of the reference member, to guide the router bit of the router mounted on the main body along the edge of the workpiece.

Abstract: A plate joiner including a fence support, a drive, and a fence system. The fence support includes a cutter and a contact surface, which defines a cutter slot. The cutter is arranged and configured to protrude from fence support through cutter slot to make a plunge cut into a surface of a workpiece when the contact surface is pressed against the surface and the cutter is plunged into the workpiece by pushing on a rearward handle portion of the tool. The drive is arranged and configured to rotatably drive the cutter through a motor.A preferred plate joiner includes a cutter plunge system arranged and configured to provide a plurality of release positions that reduce the distance traveled in making a plunge cut for a smaller blade and to prevent a blade from protruding from the tool in a release position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dovetailing and assembly machine that forms a groove on the planar surface of a first workpiece and inserts a preformed tenon on one end of a second workpiece into the groove. In one embodiment the groove is dovetail-shaped. The present invention also provides for a method to manufacture a dovetailing and assembly machine. In one embodiment the machine comprises: (1) a frame, (2) a jig coupled to the frame and adapted to hold a first workpiece, (3) a router coupled to the frame and adapted to move relative to a planar surface on the first workpiece and to cut a groove thereon, (4) a mount coupled to the frame to hold the tenon in substantial alignment with the groove and (5) a press coupled to the frame adapted to press the tenon into the groove.

Abstract: A power tool guide system is provided including a base plate and at least one stanchion assembly mounted on the base plate. Also included is a guide assembly mounted on the stanchion assembly and defining a guide for slidably receiving a power tool thereon above base plate.

Abstract: A multipurpose woodworking machine for processing wood strips such as flooring and molding is comprised of a router unit positioned upstream of a series of sanding units. The router and sanding units are equipped with oscillating heads which allow the heads to follow the contours of the wood strips, thereby preventing trimming and/or sanding errors which may be caused by uneven wood strip surfaces.

Abstract: A jig for cutting a finger joint which eliminates the trial and error required to adjust the spacing between the key and the cutting blade. A key and an abutment are arranged on one side of the cutting blade. The key is connected to an alignment ledge on the opposite side of the cutting blade. The key, abutment, and alignment ledge can be aligned with the cutting blade so that the blade will trim all three when they pass over. When the cut is made, a gap is left which is the exact width of the blade. After the cut, the alignment ledge can be slide toward the abutment, closing the gap. The key, connected to the alignment ledge, moves a corresponding distance away from the blade. The key can then be fixed in position. A workpiece can then be placed flush against the trimmed face of the key and be cut, leaving a finger, between the key and the blade, which is the exact width of the adjacent kerf, formed by the blade.

Abstract: A plate-joinery system includes a chain-saw plate joiner where the cutting mechanism includes a cutting-chain driven about a saw-bar. The cutting mechanism of the chain-saw plate joiner may be advanced on rails to one of a set of predetermined depths. The increased recess depth allowed by the chain-saw and the resultant increase in both glueable surface area and mechanical engagement permit high-strength right-angle joints to be made with the speed of conventional plate-joinery. Plate-joints of more conventional proportion may also be made. The plate joinery system also includes specialty plate configurations and compatible fasteners that permit many joints to be rapidly assembled without resort to either manual glue application or external clamps. A series of high-precision, low-friction cutting devices suitable for general introduction is also described.

Abstract: A door machine is provided for the production of a raised-panel door product of the type having a central panel framed in a sash of left and right stiles and upper and lower rails. In this type of raised panel door, the stiles and rails are joined by four butt joints to form the sash which features four inner edges that join the four edges of the central panel in edge joints. Preferably, the rails extend between and space apart the stiles and as such, these rails have opposite "butt" edges. The door machine includes a stand and a table on the stand formed with openings. The table and stand support a power and drive assembly which includes at least driven three spindles. Each spindle has a head for mounting a knife, and this head protrudes through an opening in the table as slightly above a plane of the table.

Abstract: A woodworking apparatus with a base for retaining a work piece and a bridge for mounting a tool. The bridge is pivotally mounted to the base by two arms and is adjustable towards the top, side and bottom faces of the work piece. Since the bridge, and hence the tool, is adjustable within a wide range of different angles, the need for multiple bit pieces is greatly reduced. The woodworking apparatus further includes a pivot pin, attachable to the base and to the work piece, for pivoting the work piece along an arcuate path with a predetermined radius measured from the pivot pin to the tool. The pivot pin is movable along a guide within the base, allowing a rough adjustment in the radius of the arcuate path. Further, the guide itself is movable along the base, allowing a fine adjustment in the radius.

Abstract: A plate joiner including a fence support, a drive, and a fence system. The fence support includes a cutter and a contact surface, which defines a cutter slot. The cutter is arranged and configured to protrude from fence support through cutter slot to make a plunge cut into a surface of a workpiece when the contact surface is pressed against the surface and the cutter is plunged into the workpiece by pushing on a rearward handle portion of the tool. The drive is arranged and configured to rotatably drive the cutter through a motor.A preferred plate joiner is configured for substantially continuous adjustment of fence height while restraining lateral and tortional movement of the fence and providing an accurate measure of the height of the fence from any point in the thickness of the blade.

Abstract: A rotary power tool, such as a router, includes an actuating device engaged with a chuck device to move the chuck device between its gripping and release positions. The actuating device includes a lever member that extends axially relative to a casing of the power tool within an inner circumference of a base member. This lever member is movable relative to the casing and is engaged with the chuck so that movement of the lever is imparted to the chuck device causing the chuck device to move axially between its gripping and release positions.

Abstract: A lamella groove milling tool has a drive shaft receiving the cutter. The drive shaft is arranged to be vertically displaceable with respect to the carriage of the milling tool. The displacement preferably takes place by means of a positioning body which is rotatably connected with the housing by way of a thread and which is connected with the drive shaft. The positioning body has resilient detent devices in order to be able to adjust the rotating position in lockable discrete steps. This achieves reproducible height adjustments of the milling plane of the milling tool.

Abstract: Improvements made to a router relate to ergonomic router handles. The preferred router handles are generally elliptical in shape and have one end narrower than the other end. The handles are shaped to provide an operator an infinite number of angles to which the operator's hand may effectively grip the handles. Additionally the handles provide an outer surface which provides a flat tactile grip area. The combination of these elements, along with the shape and location of the preferred trigger and locking arm switch used to activate the preferred router, provides an operator, while operating the router, with the ability to find and use a handle-holding position which is comfortable for the individual user for holding the handles.

Abstract: A saw assembly for a floor installer to use in undercutting baseboards, doors, and the like includes an electric motor subassembly having an electric motor and a spindle rotatably powered by the electric motor, a circular blade mounted on the spindle, and a blade guard subassembly. The blade guard assembly includes a moveable component adapted for movement to a retracted position that exposes more than 180 degrees of the circumference of the circular blade in order to facilitate the undercutting of a ninety degree inside corner. One embodiment uses a conventional handheld 11,000 rpm high speed grinder motor assembly with a right angle drive to power a high speed 4-inch blade in place of a grinder wheel. Carrying the undercut saw with a grinder wheel, sanding wheel, and a tile cutting blade adds functionality.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus that performs cutting operations without being held by an operator and that is applicable to various cutting operations in addition to forming a biscuit groove. The cutting apparatus comprises a first base portion having a mount surface on which a work is mounted; a second base portion having an abutment surface with which a work surface to be worked is brought into contact; and a cutter holding portion capable of holding a circular saw blade so as to extend beyond the abutment surface toward the work. The cutter holding portion is turnable, with respect to the second base portion, around an axis perpendicular to the abutment surface.

Abstract: A mechanism that attaches to a plunge router, particularly when the router is used in a router table, to conveniently and accurately move the router body relative to the router base in order to adjust the position of a router bit in the router relative to the router table. Substantial excursions are made by moving a handle up or down using a handle or a foot pedal, and small excursions are made using a micro-adjust mechanism that has a detent set screw and cooperating structure to facilitate adjustment of the micro-adjust mechanism by very small predetermined increments.

Abstract: A router bit and method for cutting predetermined configurations in a workpiece. The router bit includes a body portion having an axis of rotation, a radial extent about the axis, and a longitudinal extent, and a shank member includes a shank to be retained in the rotating machine, with the shank extending along the axis and being formed integrally with the body. A first pair of cutter elements are mounted on the body diametrically opposed to each other, and each of the first pair of cutter elements has a cutting edge which extends generally radially. A second pair of cutter elements is mounted on the body in generally diametrically opposed relation to each other and circumferentially spaced from the first pair of cutter elements, and each of the second pair of cutter elements has a cutting edge extending generally longitudinally.

Abstract: One or a plurality of machined timber elements of complimentary first and second configuration wherein each element is characterized by having at least one face surface (1,2) and one abutment surface (3,4) wherein said abutment surface incorporates in said first configuration an elongate undercut slot or female dovetail (5) and in said second configuration incorporates a correspondingly shaped, undercut elongate protuberance or male dovetail (8) and said abutment surface is not orthogonal in relation to said face surface such that said first timber element configuration and said second timber element configuration are adapted for co-operative engagement to effect the joining together of a first timber element incorporating said first timber element configuration with a second timber element incorporating said second timber element configuration whereby the undercut slot of said first timber element interengages with the protuberance of said second timber element to form a self locking joint.

Abstract: A router table sled for use with a router table and a router table fence includes an arm assembly that rides along the fence and a strut assembly that supports the workpiece. The arm assembly includes a slider that slides along an upper edge of the fence and an arm attached to an upper edge of the slide. The arm is usually in a position perpendicular to the slide. The arm is also coupled to a strut assembly that includes a main strut, and two additional struts located beneath the main strut. Each strut includes a longitudinally-centered T-shaped slot formed into top, front, and rear faces. The front faces of each strut lie substantially within the same plane. The two lower struts have opposing edges that are spaced a predetermined distance from each other. When a workpiece is clamped to the faces of the struts, an edge may be placed against the fence. The workpiece may then be moved across the router bit to produce a square cut.

Abstract: A biscuit cutter is provided for cutting an arcuate slot in the edge surface of a workpiece. The biscuit cutter is made of a base, a drive motor, a rotary cutter blade and an adjustable fence. The base is provided by the first planar surface having an elongated slot through which the rotary cutting blade is positionable when a plurality of extended positions corresponding to a selected one of a plurality of predetermined sized biscuits. The adjustable fence has a second fence surface for engaging the workpiece and has a centerline indicia and a plurality of slot length indicia spaced about the centerline indicia for providing a visual indication to the user of the length of the slot to be formed in the workpiece for each of the plurality of biscuit sizes.

Abstract: The traditional method of carving out an electrical outlet box opening in a log wall consists of chiselling after a series of closely spaced holes are drilled in the log. It is a time consuming and difficult undertaking. An apparatus for quickly and easily cutting a rectangular opening in a log wall is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a saw jig, having a central opening, for mounting on an upright side of the log wall; a cutting drum having teeth around its periphery; drive means to revolve the cutting drum; and, a guide arm attached to the jig to guide the revolving drum into the central opening. Most preferably the drive means is a chain saw. A method of cutting a rectangular opening in a log wall comprises the following steps: mounting a jig having a central opening and a guide arm, on an upright side of the wall; and, guiding a revolving drum having teeth on its periphery through the central opening into the wall using the guide arm on the jig.

Abstract: The router table push shoe 10 of the present invention has an upwardly extending handle 11 which is angled slightly towards the operator and away from the router table fence 55. The push shoe of the present invention comes with an adjustable bottom guard 20 removably attached to the base 40, and an adjustable side guard 12 which can be removed and used as a bit height measuring tool. Both the bottom guard 20 and the side guard 12 are adjustable to enable the push shoe 10 to hold thin and narrow stock. The push shoe 10 also comes equipped with a miter bar 30. The horizontally adjustable bottom guard 20 is removably attached to the base 40 via a three wing knob 22. The push shoe also has formed in the front right corner a dovetail gauge 17 for making both male and female joints for sliding dovetail joints.

Abstract: A device and associated method for simultaneously cutting a section of laminate to be inlaid and the underlying laminate to receive the inlay, which includes a portable cradle and a router mounted on an adjustable length shaft fitted into the chuck of the router, so that the distance that the cutting blade extends below the base of the portable cradle can be adjusted, the router is held within a rectangular router box split lengthwise on each side, hingedly held together on one side and detachably secured together on the opposite side by spring tension, with the router firmly attached to the top half so that the router cutting blade may be raised from the laminate surface by rotating the top half of the case around the hinge, while the angle of the cutting blade to the laminate is adjusted by means of adjustment screws on each side of the end of the router box opposite to the cutting blade, which rotate the router box up or down around a hinge means, on the bottom of the router box adjacent to the cutting bla

Abstract: A machine for routing end portions of frame pieces produces a channel that extends with increasing spacing from the bevelled face of the frame piece. Structure on the machine supports the frame piece in a plane that converges toward the plane in which the router bit lies, and cutting is carried out by effecting either curvilinear or rectilinear relative movement of the router and the frame piece or pieces.

Abstract: A plate joiner including a fence support, a drive, and a fence system. The fence support includes a cutter which is arranged and configured to protrude through a cutter slot in a contact surface to make a plunge cut into a surface of a workpiece. The drive is arranged and configured to rotatably drive the cutter through a motor. A preferred fence system includes includes a trunnion which pivotally couples the front fence to the fence system and, at any selected distance from a top face of the workpiece to the fence, maintains a constant distance from the top face of the workpiece to the cutter as the front fence angle is adjusted. A preferred fence system also includes an angle segment member, which has two slots used to position the fence in two ranges of fence angles.

Abstract: The fixed-base router includes a base assembly and a cylindrical motor housing. The base assembly has a cylindrical member which is hollow defining a vertically disposed inner cylindrical surface with two axially extending ribs. The cylindrical member has an axial slot between a pair of adjacent inner projections. Only the two ribs and the inner projections engage the cylindrical motor housing when the base cylinder is clamped to the cylindrical motor housing. The two ribs and the slot are substantially equally spaced from each other.

Abstract: A method of making composite strips of millwork components, including the steps of providing a plurality of elongate strips of wood and a support sheet, adhering the strips of wood together in parallel with each other and to the support sheet to form an elongate composite sheet, and machining the composite sheet to a desired contour to form a molding strip. The method may also include the step of removing the support sheet after the machining step by machine, or by peeling, or otherwise as desired. Typically the strips of wood are of differing widths and heights. A composite molding strip is also disclosed.

Abstract: A router bit has a bearing guide which does not rotate with the bit. The router bit has a downwardly directed axial tip which engages and rotates in a bearing socket of a bearing guide plate having a straight edge to abut the work being cut. Because the guide does note rotate with the router bit there may be less danger of the guide gouging or marking the work.

Abstract: An adjustable router comprised of a lower track having an aperture formed therethrough. The aperture allows the elongated lower track to be pivotally secured to a board by a nail. One of two side surfaces of the lower track has an indicating arrow thereon. A router track has a circular base secured to an end portion thereof. The circular base has an aperture formed therethrough. The router track is adapted for removable slidable coupling with the lower track. The elongated router track has two locking knobs for adjustable engagement with the lower track. One of two side surfaces has a ruler thereon aligning with the indicating arrow on the elongated lower track.

Abstract: A kit for converting a standard router into a saw comprises a rectangular base plate having a through hole in one side thereof. The router may be mounted on the base plate above the hole and when so mounted preferably has one of its handles sticking out over an adjacent transverse edge of the base plate. A D-handle is fixed on the base plate extending perpendicular relative to the transverse edge and parallel to a longitudinal edge of the base plate. The D-handle is not directly connected to the router but is simply affixed to the base plate adjacent the router. The D-handle can be gripped by one hand of the user, and the router handle that sticks out over the transverse edge of the base plate can be gripped by the other hand of the user, and the combined structure can be pushed much like a circular saw with the revolving cutter of the router making an elongated saw cut.

Abstract: A portable power tool cutting guide comprised of a single guidepiece of extruded material molded to form a dual-sided fence with a remaining flat but ribbed upper surface surrounding the fence and a smooth lower surface, where a reference edge indexed to the particular power tool is cut by aligning the power tool with the fence and cutting the guidepiece parallel to said edge, and the reference edge is then aligned with the desired straight cutting line of a workpiece by means of attachment to the workpiece itself in order to make a straight cut.

Abstract: In a guide device for cutting a groove of this invention, a rectilinear guide member (10) comprises a pair of guide members (11, 12), where the opening width (W.sub.1, W.sub.2) of an opening (26) defined between the guide members (11, 12) is set to be the same as the diameter of a rotary bit of a router (22). A dado (2) having a width that is the same as the thickness of a board to be used as a shelf is formed by operating the router (22) with a scrap piece of that board (3a) inserted between the guide members (11, 12) to get an accurately cut dado.

Abstract: A router baseplate and router table, and a method for accurately mounting the baseplate on a router base and machining table top material to receive the baseplate so that the router may be used suspended upside down in the table top. The router baseplate is a relatively thin plate centered on the router collet that remains attached to the router for free hand use and that is received snugly in a hole in the table top supported by a ledge adjacent to the hole. Two opposed sections of the ledge are omitted so that the router and baseplate can be installed in the table top from the bottom of the table top by tilting the router and baseplate, sliding the baseplate through the openings in the ledge, and then untilting the router and seating the baseplate edge on the ledge. Movement during use in the tabletop is limited by a pin fixed in the baseplate and received in a recess in the ledge.

Abstract: A plunge router constructed for mounting beneath a work table has a base adapted to be connected to a work table and defining a central opening, a router head assembly comprising a drive motor, a drive shaft, a collet and a housing, a plunge guide assembly supporting the router head assembly for movement toward and away from the base, a retracted position adjusting mechanism coacting between the base and the head assembly for blocking movement of the head assembly to a first default position from a second, adjusted retracted position and comprising a threaded force transmitting member fixed to the base and projecting toward the head assembly, an abutment element projecting from the head assembly transverse to the direction of extent of the threaded member and an adjustment member threaded to the force transmitting member and engagable with the abutment element to adjustably change the head assembly second retracted position. The head assembly also includes a second head assembly abutment element.

Abstract: A method of creating a decorative inlaid floor includes the first step of providing a cutting implement, such as a router, which is operable to machine an inlay recess in a finished wood floor. The next step is to position the router over a section of the floor and move the router in a particular manner so that the desired inlay recesses are machined. The operating and movement step requires that the decorative pattern be predetermined and a control program or NC tape be generated so as to control the drive motors which are associated with each of four slide assemblies. Once the desired inlay recesses are machined into the main floor, the control program is modified by scaling it up to a larger size and is then utilized on a panel of a contrasting material. A typical example would be to select a contrasting wood for the inlay elements. The reprogrammed router is then located over the second material panel and operated so as to machine a larger inlay recess in that second material panel.

Abstract: A machine for routing end portions of frame pieces produces a channel that extends with increasing spacing from the bevelled face of the frame piece. Structure on the machine supports the frame piece in a plane that converges toward the plane in which the router bit lies, and cutting is carried out by effecting either curvilinear or rectilinear relative movement of the router and the frame piece or pieces.

Abstract: A router for engaging a workpiece to be cut has a housing and a motor operable to rotate a drive shaft. A first fence is adjustably secured to the housing, and has a first planar surface oriented substantially parallel to the drive shaft axis. The first fence is adjustable to move the first planar surface toward and away from the drive shaft axis. A second fence is slidably attached to the first fence. The second fence has a second planar surface oriented substantially perpendicular to the drive shaft axis, and has an opening for receiving the bit therethrough. The second fence is slidable to move the second planar surface toward and away from the drive shaft to allow the bit to be plunged through the opening to cut the workpiece. The first and second planer surfaces are sufficiently sized so that either the first or second planer surface can be used as a base for the router with the router center of gravity located directly above the planer surface that is used as the router base.

Abstract: An offset router guide assembly for guiding the movement of a router around an outer edge of a structure having corners during rough cutting of a covering material overlying the structure to provide a predetermined overlap beyond the outer edge of the structure includes a base member having an aperture for passage of a router bit, and a guide member attached to the base member by a spacer member extending between the guide member and the base member to provide a gap therebetween. The guide member has a radius greater than the radius of the router bit for offsetting the router bit a predetermined distance from the outer edge of the structure corresponding to such predetermined overlap. The spacer member has a generally triangular cross section and fits entirely within an area between the base plate and guide member bounded by wall portions of the apertures in the base member and spacer member and the intersection of two arcs with the aperture wall portions and with each other.

Abstract: A device and method are provided for reducing a length of an annular core on which a roll is mounted. If the core extends beyond the end of the roll, the roll is unstable when it is stacked. This device and method will trim the length of the core extending beyond the end of the roll to provide a flat face across the entire end of the roll. A stable stacking arrangement will therefore be ensured. The router includes a collar, a router bit and a transparent disk or plate mounted thereon. The router bit will chip away the portion of the core which extends beyond the end of the roll. A vacuum can be operatively attached to the router in order to remove chips formed by the router bit. The collar on the router will keep the bit spaced from the roll to prevent damage to the roll. This collar and the transparent disk or plate will also aid in guiding the router.

Abstract: This relates to a workpiece particularly a simulated raised panel door as used on furniture and kitchen cabinets. Such doors are fabricated from a single sheet of core material and have a panel section machined into its face. In certain specific instances it is desired that the corners of the machined panel section be square and at best of very low radii. Because of this corner design it is virtually impossible and definitely time consuming to machine such corners in volume. The problem is solved by using preformed corner plugs inconjunction with a machined core. The core is composed of standard fiberboard material with a panel section machined into its face and plug housings machined into the face of the core at the panel section's proposed square corners. The corner plug is composed of a plastic material formed in part to that of a typical woodworking plug of cylindrical shape and a square inside corner section formed into the face and edge of the plug.

Abstract: A machine for cutting a cope or kuda in the end of a log has a base member that is secured to a longitudinal side of the log. A support member is attached to the base member. A sleeve is associated with the support member, and an elongate shaft extends longitudinally through an elongate opening through the sleeve. A router is attached to the elongate shaft near one end of the shaft. The sleeve is pivotally mounted to the support member so that the longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft that extends through the sleeve can be set to any desired, acute angle of up to 90 degrees with the longitudinal axis of the log. The shaft can be moved longitudinally back and forth through the sleeve, and the shaft can also rotate about its longitudinal axis. This allows the router to be moved back and forth over the end of the log to cut an incurved, cylindrical cut into the end of the log, with the axis of the cylindrical cut being set at any desired degree of slope relative to the longitudinal axis of the log.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for forming grooves of uniform configuration in a face surface of a one-piece frame such that the adjacent grooves meet at inside corners to define miter lines. This machine comprises a support means adapted to securely support a side of the frame under a predetermined angle with relation to the horizontal plane, a cutter assembly having a cutter means, a first guiding means adapted to guide the cutter means along the respective miter line in order to cut the inside corner and the miter line, and a second guiding means adapted to guide the cutter means along the side of the frame to cut a side groove portion extending between the opposite miter lines on the side of the panel. The frame is extended from the support means outwardly upwardly, and the first guiding means further comprises a stop means adapted to restrict the movement of the cutter means beyond the area designated for formation of the respective inside corner defined by the corresponding miter lines.

Abstract: A method of producing a hardwood flooring product, including the steps of processing a strip of raw wood into a blank having a predetermined thickness and width, and top and bottom surfaces defining parallel planes relative to each other, and splitting the blank along the width of the blank from one side to the other to form two low profile flooring strips having the same width as the blank and a thickness less than one-half the thickness of the blank. The splitting step includes the steps of providing first and second circular saw blades mounted on spaced-apart vertical axes for rotation in a single plane intermediate and parallel to the planes of the top and bottom surfaces of the blank and positioning the blank on conveying means upstream from the saw blades with the plane of rotation of the saw blades intermediate and parallel to the planes of the top and bottom surfaces of the blank for movement of the blank from an upstream position to a downstream position relative to the saw blades.

Abstract: A drilling/cutting machine for forming joints for accommodating metal protrusions of a metal plate connector. The machine can cut one or more joints simultaneously with a drilling/cutting bit that drills and simultaneously cuts smaller and larger width slots completing the joint.