Patent ID: 7343945
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A milling system for the milling of simple up to complex complementary and expandable patterns with a router guided therewith, the router adapted to rotate a router cutting bit said milling system, comprising: a base plate defining a generally circular opening and a plurality of first recesses or first projections integrally formed into the baseplate and bounding the circular opening at equally spaced angular intervals about the circular opening; a template interfitting with the circular opening of the base plate and angularly fixed to the baseplate when received into the circular opening, the template rotatable relative to the baseplate when lifted out of the circular opening about a center axis defined by the template, the template having a plurality of second recesses or second projections integrally formed into a generally circular surface of the template for interlocking with the first recesses or first projections to thereby define registered positions relative to the base plate, such that the template rotating a constant predetermined distance relative to the axis between adjacent registered positions; at least one patterned recess formed into the template that is never symmetrically centered on the center axis when the template is interfitted with the baseplate, the patterned recess defining an aesthetic shape adapted to be routed into a workpiece, the pattern recess adapted for receipt of the router cutting bit and defining a guide wall surface for guiding the router cutting bit when inserted therein; and wherein engagement between the first recesses and the second projections or the first projections and the second recesses along a generally circular interface between the template and the base plate hold the template relative to the base plate in the registered positions.