Patent ID: 8763502
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B23D,B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A featherboard assembly for use with a work table comprising: a featherboard having a body and an axis; and an adjustment mechanism associated with the featherboard for attaching the featherboard to the work table and permitting the featherboard to be adjusted on the table along a first, x-axis and permitting the featherboard to be adjusted along a second, y-axis, the adjustment mechanism comprising a guide separate from the body of the featherboard and separate from fingers of the featherboard for guiding movement of the body of the featherboard relative to the guide, a first locking element locking the body of the featherboard against movement relative to the guide along the y-axis but not locking the body of the featherboard against movement with the guide along the x-axis thus permitting the body of the featherboard to be moved on the table along the x-axis to a selected position of x-adjustment, and a second locking element locking the body of the featherboard against movement with the guide along the x-axis but not locking the body of the featherboard against movement relative to the guide along the y-axis thus permitting the body of the featherboard to be moved on the table along the y-axis to a selected position of y-adjustment.