Woodworking press

A woodworking press comprising a base, superposed lower and upper carriages slidably mounted on said base and on said lower carriage respectively for horizontal guided displacement at right angles one with respect to the other relative to said base, said upper carriage forming a horizontal work supporting surface, a single generally upright actuation arm pivoted to said base at its lower end about a first universal joint and to said top carriage about a second universal joint, said arm also longitudinally slidable relative to said second universal joint, actuation of said arm causing movement of said upper carriage in any horizontal direction, a pair of upright spaced support rods fixedly secured to said base, upwardly projecting therefrom and located exteriorly of the area of displacement of said upper and lower carriages, a top cross bar interconnecting the ends of said support rods, a third plate-like carriage slidably mounted on said support rods for vertical movement therealong, said third carriage having a back surface and a front surface, the latter facing towards said upper and lower carriages, said third carriage having an aperture made therein, a power-driven router removeably secured to said third carriage at the back surface thereof so as to be movable therewith, a horizontally disposed cutting tool operatively carried by said router and extending through said aperture of said third carriage and protruding from said front surface towards the upper and lower carriages, upright screw means extending through and screwed within said cross bar and rotatively attached to said third carriage at its lower end, and manually actuable means at the top end of said screw means exposed above said cross bar to rotate said screw means and adjust the height of said cutting tool relative to said work supporting surface.