Woodworking machinery jig and fixture system
OwnerMark A. Duginskeinventor
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Abstract
Jigs and fixtures for aligning, guiding, and/or holding a workpiece on woodworking machinery during a woodworking operation are described, as well as methods of making, modifying, and using jigs and fixtures.
Claims18
A method of manufacturing a pocket hole jig having a guide block defining spaced openings and supported by a base, the method comprising providing indicia on the base that are correlated to features of the spaced openings, wherein providing indicia further comprises providing equidistant markings correlated to locations equidistant between pairs of the spaced openings, wherein providing indicia on the base comprises providing a substrate onto which the indicia are affixed, wherein proving a substrate comprises providing a sheet of metal sized to engage the base, and wherein providing the sheet of metal sized to engage the base comprises bending a portion of the sheet such that the sheet engages two non-coplanar surfaces of the base.
A pocket hole jig, comprising:
- a base portion defining a floor;
- an upper portion defining a guide block extending away from the base;
- a plurality of holes defined in the guide block;
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- an indicia proximate the floor of the base, the indicia providing markings correlated to location features of the plurality of holes;
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- wherein:
- the floor defines a horizontal surface and a front vertical surface;
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- the indicia is adapted to engage both the horizontal surface and the front vertical surface such that the markings are provided on the horizontal surface and the front vertical surface.
A pocket hole jig having a base portion defining a floor, an upper portion defining a guide block extending away from the base, and a plurality of drill guide holes defined in the guide block, the improvement comprising:
- an indicia proximate the floor of the base, the indicia having:
- lines that represent the middle of the drill guide holes;
- a first area that represents a width of a combination of two most closely spaced drill guide holes;
- a second area distinct in appearance from the first area that represents a width of a combination of two wider spaced drill guide holes;
- a first line distinct in appearance from the lines that represents the center of the width of the combination of the two most closely spaced drill guide holes;
- a second line distinct in appearance from the lines and the first line that represents the center of the width of the combination of the two wider spaced drill guide holes;
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- a third line distinct in appearance from the lines, the first line, and the second line that represents the center of the width of the combination of two outermost drill guide holes of the two most closely spaced drill guide holes and the two wider spaced drill guide holes.
A method of manufacturing a pocket hole jig having a guide block defining spaced openings and supported by a base, the method comprising providing indicia on the base that are correlated to features of the spaced openings, wherein providing indicia further comprises providing at least one width marking correlated to a combined width of a pair of spaced openings, wherein providing indicia on the base comprises providing a substrate onto which the indicia are affixed, wherein proving a substrate comprises providing a sheet of metal sized to engage the base, and wherein providing the sheet of metal sized to engage the base comprises bending a portion of the sheet such that the sheet engages two non-coplanar surfaces of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.