Gauge apparatus and method for cutting uniformly spaced routered tenons and mortises
Abstract
Abstract A ROUTER GAUGE FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH A ROUTER TABLE FOR CUTTING UNIFORMLY SPACED ROUTERED MORTISES AND TENONS IN THE END OF A WORKPIECE. THE GAUGE COMPRISES AN ELONGATED GUIDE BAR HAVING A SLOT IN ITS BOTTOM IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE GUIDE BAR TO RECEIVE A GUIDE KEY WHICH IS SPRING BIASED TO BE IN A NORMALLY EXTENDED POSITION FROM THE GUIDE BAR. THE GUIDE BAR IS MOUNTED ON THE ROUTER TABLE RELATIVE TO THE ROUTER TO ADJUST FOR THE DEPTH OF CUT TO BE MADE BY THE ROUTER IN THE WORKPIECE. THE MOUNTING OF THE GUIDE BAR IS DONE IN A MANNER TO PROPERLY POSITION THE GUIDE KEY IN A PRESELECTED DISTANCE FROM THE ROUTER TO GUIDE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE WORKPIECE DURING CONSECUTIVE CUTTING OF A SERIES OF UNIFORMLY SPACED MORTISES IN THE WORKPIECE.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter T Day
- 👤 Mildred M Day
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