Apparatus for shaping a wooden workpiece according to a template configuration

An apparatus for reproducing the shape of a guide edge of a template in a wooden workpiece, said apparatus comprising:

• a support;
• a linearly extending track on said support;
• a carriage displaceable along said track;
• a template table on said support next to said track;
• means for securing said template to said template table with said guide edge facing in one direction transverse to said track;
• a workpiece table on said support next to said track and adjacent said template table;
• means for securing the wooden workpiece to said workpiece table;
• a slide on said carriage displaceable transverse to said track;
• a roller on said slide engageable in the opposite direction transverse to said track with said edge of said template, said roller being rotatable about a roller axis;
• means on said carriage for urging said slide in said opposite direction for forcibly biasing said roller against said edge, said edge serving as a stop for said slide in said opposite direction;
• a material-removing tool on said slide engageable with said workpiece, said tool being rotatable about an axis coplanar with said roller axis;
• means on said carriage for rotating said tool on displacement of said carriage along said track for reproducing in said workpiece the shape of said edge whereby said tool exerts substantially no force upon the workpiece in said directions;
• and
• means for securing a second template to said template table, a second roller carried on said slide and engaging the guide edge of said second template, and means positively linking said second roller to said tool for vertically displacing said tool on displacement of said second roller by said second template.