Flattening and resurfacing mill
OwnerJapheth Peightinventor
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Abstract
A powered cutting apparatus for cutting an elongated work piece, the cutting apparatus including: a base having a top surface fixed to a bottom section; at least one attachment guide removably fixed to the top surface for connecting to a guide rail; a motor fixed to the base at the top surface; the motor includes a shaft which extends past an edge of the top surface; a cutterhead coupled to the motor with a first band and fixed to the bottom section of the base; and the cutterhead cuts an even plane surface of a cutting surface based on the rotational output of the motor.
Claims17
A powered cutting apparatus for cutting an elongated work piece, the cutting apparatus comprising:
- a base having a top surface being approximately flat and fixed to a bottom section of the base comprising walls configured to withstand rotational force, the walls forming an internal cavity;
- at least one attachment guide removably fixed to the top surface for connecting to a guide rail and at least one rail attachment fixture along an edge of the top surface;
- a motor fixed to the base at the top surface;
- the motor comprises a shaft which extends past an edge of the top surface;
- a cutterhead coupled to the motor with a first band and fixed at least partially within the internal cavity of the bottom section of the base;
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- a first adjuster having gears for adjusting a pitch or angle of the top surface of the base relative to a cutting surface of the elongated workpiece, wherein the first adjuster is directly fixed to the top surface of the base, and
- wherein the cutterhead cuts an even plane surface of the cutting surface based on the rotational output of the motor.
A powered cutting apparatus for cutting an elongated work piece, the cutting apparatus comprising:
- a base having a bottom section with an internal cavity and a top surface with drop down attachments configured for releasably coupling to a rail and at least one guide attachment for releasably coupling to a guide rail;
- a motor fixed to the top surface of the base;
- a cutterhead coupled to a shaft of the motor with a first band and rotatably fixed to the bottom section of the base via a shaft, the cutterhead is positioned approximately parallel with the top surface of the base and fixed at least partially within the internal cavity of the bottom section of the base;
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- a sander coupled to the shaft of the motor with a second band, the second band directly connected to the shaft of the motor, and adjustably fixed to the bottom section of the base and fixed at least partially within the internal cavity of the bottom section of the base;
- wherein a sander location relative to the cutterhead is adjustable and the at least one guide attachment is adjustably fixable to the guide rail;
- wherein the sander is a sanding drum and the sander location relative to the cutterhead and the guide rail is adjustable with a first adjuster having gears for adjusting a pitch or angle of the top surface of the base relative to a cutting surface of the elongated workpiece, wherein the first adjuster is directly fixed to the top surface of the base.
A method of cutting an elongated workpiece with a powered cutting apparatus comprising:
- releasably attaching the powered cutting apparatus to a rail system with at least one attachment guide removably fixed to the top surface for connecting to a guide rail and at least one rail attachment fixture along an edge of the top surface;
- releasably attaching the elongated workpiece to the rail system;
- adjusting the elongated workpiece to be flush or level along a plane of the rail system;
- adjusting a cutterhead of the powered cutting apparatus to cut along a plane of the elongated workpiece, the cutterhead being at least partially internal to a lower section of the cutting apparatus and an adjuster having gears for adjusting a pitch or angle of the top surface of the base relative to a cutting surface of the elongated workpiece, wherein the first adjuster is directly fixed to the top surface of the base;
- cutting the elongated workpiece using the cutterhead by having the cutterhead cut downward towards the plane;
- and moving the powered cutting apparatus to cut at least a part of the elongated workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.