Method of producing chair mats and the like involving edge trimming

A method of trimming the edge of a generally planar workpiece, comprising the steps of:

• providing a work table for positioning the workpiece;
• providing a router head including a router blade engageable with the edge of the workpiece;
• rotating the work table relative to the router head about an axis extending generally perpendicular to and through the plane of the workpiece;
• and
• guiding the router blade along the edge of the workpiece during said relative rotation, said step of guiding comprising rotating a cam follower roller independent of the rotation of the router blades, and biasing said cam follower roller against the workpiece edge.

A method of trimming the edge of a generally planar workpiece, comprising the steps of:

• providing a work table for positioning the workpiece;
• providing a router head including a router blade engageable with the edge of the workpiece;
• rotating the work table and moving the router head about an axis extending generally perpendicular to and through the plane of the workpiece;
• and
• guiding the router blade along the edge of the workpiece during said relative rotation and controlling the weight of the router blade on the edge of the workpiece.

A method of trimming the edge of a generally planar workpiece, comprising the steps of:

• providing a work table for positioning the workpiece;
• providing a router head including a router blade engageable with the edge of the workpiece;
• rotating both the work table and the router head about an axis extending generally perpendicular to and through the plane of the workpiece;
• and
• guiding the router blade along the edge of the workpiece during said relative rotation and biasing the router blade against the edge of the workpiece to assist in generating a uniform width for the workpiece edge.

A method of trimming the edge of a generally planar workpiece, comprising the steps of:

• providing a work table for positioning the workpiece;
• providing a router head including a router blade engageable with the edge of the workpiece;
• rotating the work table and moving the router head about an axis extending generally perpendicular to and through the plane of the workpiece;
• guiding the router blade along the edge of the workpiece during said relative rotation;
• controlling the weight of the router blade on the edge of the workpiece;
• and
• biasing the router blade against the edge of the workpiece.

A method of trimming the edge of a generally planar workpiece, comprising the steps of:

• providing a work table for positioning the workpiece;
• providing a router head including a router blade engageable with the edge of the workpiece;
• rotating both the work table and the router head about an axis extending generally perpendicular to and through the plane of the workpiece;
• guiding the router blade along the edge of the workpiece during said relative rotation;
• and
• biasing the router blade against the edge of the workpiece and controlling the weight of the router blade against the workpiece to assist in generating a uniformly trimmed profile for the workpiece edge.