Patent ID: 8127808

Claim:
A side fence assembly for guiding a work piece across an upper surface of a planer and thicknesser, the side fence assembly comprising a tilt mechanism and a pivotal guard, the tilt mechanism comprising: at least one bracket connected to the guard; a corresponding at least one bracket connected to the planer and thicknesser; one of the at least one guard or the at least one planer and thicknesser brackets comprising an arcuate slot; the other one of the at least one guard or the at least one planer and thicknesser brackets comprising an aperture; and a corresponding at least one holding member, wherein the brackets are moveable relative to each other so that the at least one aperture can be aligned with any part of the corresponding arcuate slot and wherein the corresponding holding member passes through the corresponding aperture and arcuate slot and is capable of releasably locking the corresponding slotted bracket to the corresponding aperture bracket to prevent any relative movement between the brackets, the pivotal guard attaches to the planer and thicknesser through the tilt mechanism.