Patent ID: 8695652
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B27B

Abstract:
1. A table saw mill attachment comprising: a track assembly with at least one elongated guide bar that is held perpendicular to a circular saw blade axis of rotation and on one side of a circular saw blade and supported by a table top surface of a table saw; a trolley assembly connected to the at least one elongated guide bar and movable relative to the at least one elongated guide bar between a guide bar first end and a guide bar second end; a log holder frame assembly pivotally attached to the trolley assembly for pivotal movement about a first log holder axis that is parallel to the at least one elongated guide bar and for pivotal movement about a second log holder axis that is perpendicular to the first log holder axis, and at least one elongated log retainer member integral with the log holder frame assembly and rotatable three hundred and sixty degrees about the second log holder axis when the log holder frame assembly is pivoted about the first log holder axis to move the second log holder axis to a position substantially perpendicular to the circular saw blade axis; a log retainer tensioner end assembly with a first log centering pin and a log retainer indexer end assembly, with a second log centering pin clamped to the log retainer member and wherein the first log centering pin and the second log centering pins are coaxial with an indexing shaft axis and the space between the first log centering pin and the second log centering pin is adjustable; a first two pairs of mating blocks mounted on the log holder frame and the trolley assembly that cooperate to hold the indexing shaft axis in a position parallel to the path of movement of the trolley assembly when the log holder frame assembly is pivoted about the second log holder axis to a first position; and a second two pairs of mating blocks mounted on the log holder frame and the trolley assembly that cooperate to hold the indexing shaft axis in a position parallel to the path of movement of the trolley assembly when the log holder frame assemble is pivoted about the second log holder axis to a second position.