Patent ID: 9707695
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B27F

Claim:
1. A woodcutting jig for cutting woodworking joints comprising: (a) a template for guiding a path of a cutting tool, wherein the template has a length, a template first end, and a template second end; (b) a base for holding a workpiece during use of the cutting tool, the base comprising a beam having a length that is at least twice as long as the length of the template, wherein the base has a base first end and a base second end; and (c) at least three positioning members secured to the base and equally spaced from each other along the length of the base, wherein each positioning member comprises an indexing pin extending from the base, wherein: the template comprises (i) a plurality of holes adjacent to the template first end and arranged in a single row and (ii) at least one hole adjacent to the template second end and positioned in line with the row of holes adjacent to the template first end; and the template is removably securable to the base in: (1) a first position in which one of the plurality of holes adjacent to the template first end engages a first indexing pin of the positioning members and the at least one hole adjacent to the template second end engages a second indexing pin of the positioning members; and (2) a second position stepped over from the first position in which one of the plurality of holes adjacent to the template first end engages the second indexing pin of the positioning members and the at least one hole adjacent to the template second end engages a third indexing pin of the positioning members.