Finger joint router jig
AssigneeSaylor Solutions LLC
InventorGeoffrey D. Saylor
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Abstract
A router jig includes a router jig base having: (i) a first board guide that receives an end of a first board; (ii) a second board guide that receives an end of an aligned second board from an opposite side; and (iii) a router guide that receives an guides a finger joint tool of a hand router along a transverse direction to the first and second board guides to simultaneously impart finger joint grooves. A clamping mechanism selectively clamps the first and second boards respectively within the first and second board guides.
Claims13
A router jig comprising:
- a router jig base comprising:
- a first board guide that receives an end of a first board from a first lateral side of the router jig base;
- a second board guide that receives an end of an aligned second board from a second lateral side of the router jig base that is opposite to the first lateral side;
- and
- a router guide that receives and guides a finger joint tool of a hand router along a transverse direction to the first and second board guides to simultaneously impart finger joint grooves to the first and second boards;
- a first clamp that secures the first board in the first board guide;
- and
- a second clamp that secures the second board in the second board guide,
- wherein at least one of the first and second clamps comprises:
- a clamping block slidably engaged to the router jig base to move into lateral contact with a corresponding one of the first and second boards;
- and
- a clamping arm attached to the clamping block and vertically lockable to secure the corresponding one of the first and second boards.
A method of creating joints between a plurality of boards, comprising the steps of:
- utilizing a router jig base having a first board guide that receives an end of a first board from a first lateral side of the router jig base;
- a second board guide that receives an end of an aligned second board from a second lateral side of the router jig base that is opposite to the first lateral side;
- and a router guide that receives and guides a finger joint tool of a hand router along a transverse direction to the first and second board guides to simultaneously impart finger joint grooves;
- a first clamp that secures the first board in the first board guide;
- and a second clamp that secures the second board in the second board guide;
- securing a first board positioned adjacent to the first board guide by engaging the first adjustable clamp with the first board;
- securing a second board positioned adjacent to the second board guide by engaging the second adjustable clamp;
- moving a hand router along the length of the router guide that receives and guides a finger joint tool of the hand router along a transverse direction to the first and second board guides to simultaneously impart finger joint grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.