Patent ID: 7461674

Claim:
A workstation suitable for processing a jamb having a face along a longitudinal side of the jamb and a door having a longitudinal hinge receiving side edge and an opposed latch receiving side edge, the hinge receiving side edge being for receiving at least one butt hinge having a pair of hinge leaves, one of the leaves to be applied to the door edge and the other leaf to an adjacent jamb face and the workstation being suitable for selectively processing a door having either a square or beveled hinge receiving side edge which comprises: a. structure for supporting a door and a jamb for processing and for supporting equipment for processing the door edge and jamb face; b. at least one butt router supported on the structure, the router having a rotatable cutter that routs about a rotational axis and is capable of routing in a forward direction of the cutter axis of rotation and transversely of the cutter axis of rotation, the router being positioned to rout in the forward direction of the cutter rotational axis from a preselected routing contact position and transversely to the forward direction, the router being provided with means for moving the router cutter on a routing path transverse to the router cutter rotational axis for forming mortises along the path; c. means operably positioned on the structure relative to the butt router for holding the jamb with the jamb face at the routing contact position confronting, coplanar with and extending along the router transverse routing path; and d. means operably positioned on the structure relative to the butt router for holding a door with a hinge receiving side edge adjacent to the jamb and at the routing contact position confronting, coplanar with and extending along the router transverse routing path, the door holding means being adapted to hold the door at a first angle about the hinge side edge, for forming hinge mortises in the hinge edge of a door having a bevel, and at which the beveled edge is coplanar with the router transverse routing path, and, alternatively, at a second angle about the hinge side edge, for forming hinge mortises in the hinge edge of a door having a square edge, and at which the square edge is coplanar with the router transverse routing path.