Patent ID: 6799615
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: B23G,B27C,B27F

Abstract:
A tenon maker device for fabricating a tenon on an end of a piece of wood, the device comprising:a stationary stand having two opposing stand sides and a removable top that has at least one router hole therethrough, the router hole adapted for receiving a router head of at least one conventional router tool inserted within the stand; a wood guide fitting slidably within the stationary stand, the wood guide having a wood guide plate with at least one wood guide opening therethrough and two opposing guide sides attached to the wood guide plate, the two opposing guide sides adapted for sliding between the two stand sides with a means for sliding the wood guide relative to the stationary stand therebetween and being secured therebetween with a means for locking the wood guide to the stationary stand therebetween, the at least one wood guide opening adapted for receiving an end of a piece of wood therethrough so that the piece of wood is adapted for being turned by a user within the at least one wood guide opening and the end of the piece of wood is adapted for being engaged with the router head by sliding the wood guide into the stand and the router head is adapted for removing a portion of the end of the piece of wood around the perimeter of the end of the piece of wood as the piece of wood is inserted and turned in the at least one wood guide opening to produce a tenon on the end of the piece of wood.