Patent ID: 6599064
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: B23B,B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
A combined dowel-hole and pocket-hole forming drilling apparatus comprising:(a) hole drilling means movable along a drilling means support platform for drilling a hole in a workpiece; (b) support platform coupling means for coupling said support platform to a base assembly while selectively maintaining said drilling means parallel with respect to at least a portion of said base assembly for drilling dowel-holes or for maintaining said drilling means at an acute angle with respect to said base assembly for drilling pocket-holes; and (c) adjustable travel limiting means for limiting the degree of travel of said hole drilling means with respect to said support platform for setting hole depths; and (d) an adjustable dowel-hole workpiece positioning fence coupled to said base assembly for precisely positioning said workpiece with respect to said drilling means for proper location of dowel-holes within said workpiece.