Patent ID: 7195043

Claim:
A router guide, comprising: a base member adapted for releasable attachment to a horizontal supporting surface, said base member including: a base plate; a secondary plate being affixed to said base plate and extending at right angles therefrom; a clamping member for holding a board against said base member, said clamping member including: a clamping plate being positioned adjacent to said base plate so as to form a board-receiving slot between said clamping plate and said base plate, said clamping plate having opposed ends and a pair of apertures extending through each of said opposed ends; a pair of first threaded fasteners for securing said clamping member to said base member so that a board can be snugly, yet slidably, held therebetween, each of said first threaded fasteners including: a first rod slidably extending through a respective one of said apertures in said clamping plate and having opposite ends, one of said opposite ends being affixed to said base plate and the other of said opposite ends being free and threaded; a nut being screwed onto the threaded one of said opposite ends of said first rod; a first compressed spring being positioned about said first rod between said nut and said clamping plate; a second compressed spring being positioned about said first rod between said base plate and said clamping plate; a pair of second threaded fasteners for locking a board between said clamping member and said base member, each of said second threaded fasteners including: a second rod slidably extending through a respective one of said apertures in said clamping plate and having opposing ends, one of said opposing ends being affixed to said base plate and the other of said opposing ends being free and threaded; a hold down tube being positioned about said second rod above said clamping plate; and, a knob being screwed onto the free and threaded one of said opposing ends of said second rod for pressing said hold down tube downwardly onto said clamping plate when tightened.