Tapered template guided system for a router
AssigneeWoodcraft Solutions LLC
InventorsDwight Sheldon, Kuldeep Singh
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Abstract
Tapered, stepped, or non-tapered router guide templates, and optionally combined template holder system, each template comprising: a base portion, a top portion, at least one of an exterior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an outer periphery of the template and an interior surface interconnecting the base portion and the top portion along an inner periphery of the template, wherein optionally one of the exterior surface and the interior surface may be continuously tapered between the base portion and the top portion, or stepped, and wherein the base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with the template holder system.
Claims19
A router guide template comprising:
- a base portion;
- a top portion;
- at least one of an exterior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion along an outer periphery of the template and an interior surface interconnecting said base portion and said top portion along an inner periphery of the template, wherein said at least one of said exterior surface and said interior surface is continuously tapered between said base portion and said top portion, and wherein said base portion is adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with a template holder.
A router template guidance system having a combination guide bearing and guide template comprising:
- a template comprising an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one exterior surface interconnecting the upper portion and the lower portion, said template further comprising at least one interior surface interconnecting the upper portion and the lower portion of said template;
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- a guide bearing comprising an exterior surface having a taper thereon adapted for following in contact with the exterior surface and the interior surface of said template.
A pantograph-type woodworking router guide template and template holder combination, comprising:
- a template holder comprising a plurality of post members having at least one keyed slot defined along and extending at least a portion of the length of each said post member and adapted for interconnection with a pantograph carriage, said template holder further comprising at least one cross member adjustably interconnecting said plurality of post members, said template holder cross member further comprising means for removeably retaining at least one template, wherein said template holder further comprises a plurality of clamps for adjustably fixing said cross member relative to said posts;
- a template having a base portion and a top portion, said template further comprising exterior and interior continuous surfaces interconnecting the base and top portions of said template along an outer periphery and an inner periphery of said template, respectively, the base portion being adapted for removable and adjustable interconnection with the cross member of said template.
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