Radius router guide
OwnerBen E. Pachnikinventor
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Abstract
A radius router guide having a pair of spaced legs arranged for receiving a piece of material at an end of the material where a radius is to be cut. The legs are connected to a track arrangement which slidably supports a router, and the legs are also attached to the workpiece itself in such a manner as to pivot about an appropriate axis for cutting a desired radius on the workpiece. The router slides back and forth as it swings about the pivot axis of the legs so as to form a radius on the associated end of the workpiece. At least one of the legs is adjustably mounted on the track arrangement to permit varying the spacing between the legs so as to accommodate material of different widths.
Claims9
A radius router guide, comprising, in combination:
- (a) means defining a recess for receiving a workpiece at an end of the workpiece where a radius is to be cut;
- (b) support means connected to the means defining a recess for receiving a router;
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- (c) means defining a pivot provided on the means defining a recess for pivotally mounting the means defining a recess on the workpiece and permitting the means defining a recess and the support means to swing relative to the workpiece in order to cut a radius at the end of the workpiece, the means defining a recess including a pair of spaced brackets each having a leg portion substantially parallel to the corresponding leg portion of the other of the brackets, the brackets being mounted on the router support means and disposed extending codirectionally therefrom for receiving the workpiece between the substantially parallel leg portions.
A radius router guide, comprising, in combination:
- (a) means defining a recess for receiving a workpiece at an end of the workpiece where a radius is to be cut;
- (b) support means connected to the means defining a recess for receiving a router;
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- (c) means defining a pivot provided on the means defining a recess for permitting the means defining a recess and the support means to swing relative to the workpiece in order to cut a radius at the end of the workpiece, the means defining a pivot including a plurality of apertures provided on the means defining a recess, the apertures being arranged for permitting adjustment of the support means relative to the workpiece for accommodating workpieces of different depths.
A radius router guide, comprising, in combination:
- (a) means defining a recess for receiving a workpiece at an end of the workpiece where a radius is to be cut;
- (b) support means connected to the means defining a recess for receiving a router;
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- (c) means defining a pivot provided on the means defining a recess for pivotally mounting the means defining a recess on the workpiece and permitting the means defining a recess and the support means to swing relative to the workpiece in order to cut a radius at the end of the workpiece, the support means including track means for slidably mounting the router.
A method for cutting a radius on an end of a workpiece, comprising the steps of:
- (a) cutting a portion of the workpiece at an acute angle relative to the end of the workpiece on which a radius is to be cut in order to permit swinging movement of a router over the face formed by the cutting;
- (b) slidably mounting a router over the cut portion for movement relative to the workpiece transversely of the radius to be cut;
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- (c) swinging the router over the cut portion about a pivot axis disposed extending through the workpiece and arranged substantially parallel to the sliding movement of the router.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.