Patent ID: 6039095
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B25B,B25H,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for use with a router and a workpiece, said router having a baseplate, an edge on said baseplate for guiding the router, and a router bit extending down below said baseplate for rotation about a router axis, said apparatus comprising:(i) opposed front and rear jaw-pieces located on opposite sides of a gap for receiving the workpiece and being movable towards and away from one another;(ii) clamping means connected to said jaw-pieces, said clamping means being actuatable, in use, to draw the front and rear jaw-pieces together, thereby to clamp said workpiece in the gap between the front and rear jaw-pieces, said clamping means being located above the front and rear jaw-pieces, so as not to obstruct the jaw-pieces and to permit a workpiece of indefinite length to be clamped between the front and rear jaw-pieces;(iii) a platform area means for supporting said router over the workpiece, a platform area being provided on each of the front and rear jaw-pieces; and(iv) platform area holding means for maintaining said platform areas on said front and rear jaw-pieces coplanar.