Patent ID: 6138372
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A guide apparatus for use with a portable router, for enabling the router to rout an edge of a substantially planar workpiece, the router having a base and a router bit extending from the base, the guide apparatus comprising:a main body for receiving the router base and including an opening for the router bit to extend therethrough;a reference member having a planar surface for abutment with the planar surface of the workpiece and including a guide edge along one edge thereof;a hinge means connecting the reference member to the main body;a securing means for securing the reference member to the main body at a desired angle; anda guide bar securable relative to the workpiece and providing a first guide surface for abutting the guide edge of the reference member, whereby in use, with the router mounted on the main body, the router bit is guided along the edge of the workpiece.