Patent ID: 7721776

Claim:
In combination, a table top router and a router template for moving a workpiece on the table top router as the workpiece is cut to form a contoured tile, the router has a bit that includes a cutter assembled coaxially with a bearing, the template is utilized to cut contoured tiles of a desired shape, the router and template combination comprising: a cutter path layer defining a platen of a nest that receives the workpiece; a plurality of pins assembled to the platen that extend from the platen in predetermined locations and are received in the workpiece to retain the workpiece on the platen as the workpiece is cut; a bearing path layer defining a bearing path against which the bearing of the router bit is held as the cutter cuts the workpiece to form the contoured tile that is cut as the bearing follows the bearing path; and a top layer that extends laterally outboard from the bearing path.