Patent ID: 7337812

Claim:
An adjustable router base for guiding a router across a workpiece while said router is routing said workpiece, said router base comprising: a normally-lower member presenting a substantially planar lower surface for flushly engaging said workpiece; a normally-upper member coupled to said normally-lower member and shiftable relative to said normally-lower member, said normally-upper member being configured for rigid attachment to said router; and an edge guide coupled to said normally-lower member and shifiable between a down position and an up position, at least a portion of said edge guide extending below said substantially planar lower surface when in said down position so that movement of said router across said workpiece can be guided by engaging said edge guide against an edge of said workpiece during said routing, said edge guide being positioned entirely above said substantially planar lower surface when in said up position, wherein no portion of said router base extends below said substantially planar lower surface when said edge guide is in said up position so that said routing can be carried out while said router is attached to said router base and while said router base is spaced inwardly from the edges of said workpiece.