Woodcarver and engraver machine

An engraving machine comprising:

• frame means for supporting the machine, said frame means having front, rear and side portions;
• work holding means attached to said frame means for holding at least one piece of work being engraved;
• means attached to said frame means for mounting at least one template having a pattern thereon;
• cutting means for cutting said workpiece;
• tracing means for tracing the pattern on a template mounted in said mounting means including a stylus vertically movable with respect to said cutting means and frame means between a normal and tracing position, and a spring urging said stylus toward said normal position and toward said workpiece, said stylus being positioned closer to said template than the distance between said cutting means and said workpiece when said stylus is in said normal position so that said stylus contacts said template before said cutting means contacts said workpiece and then moves vertically with respect to said cutting means while in contact with said template and against the urging of said spring;
• carriage means movably mounted to said frame means so as to be movable in any direction within a given horizontal plane for supporting both said tracing means and said cutting means in a fixed relationship with respect to each other when said stylus is in said tracing position and in different vertically separated horizontal planes.