Cutting tool

A tool for preparing an edge surface of a substrate for an apron molding having a first, a second, and a third perpendicular appendage, the first and second appendages separated by a first predetermined distance and the second and third appendages separated by a second predetermined distance, the tool comprising:

• a) a shaft including a shank section and a holding section, said holding section having a first end and a second, threaded, end;
• b) a trim cutter disposed on said holding section of said shaft and adjacent to said shank section of said shaft;
• c) a first molding cutter having an inside edge and having a cutting surface with an inside edge, said first molding cutter being arranged on said holding section of said shaft between said trim cutter and said second end of said holding section of said shaft;
• d) a first assembly, said first assembly including
• i) a ball bearing assembly for engaging an edge surface of the substrate and for limiting a depth of a cut, and
• ii) at least one spacer,
• wherein said first assembly has a total width, and wherein said first assembly is arranged on said holding section of said shaft between said first molding cutter and said second end of said holding section of said shaft;
• e) a channel cutter, said channel cutter having a right edge and a left edge and having a cutting surface having a right edge and a left edge, said channel cutter being arranged on said holding section of said shaft between said first assembly and said second end of said holding section of said shaft;
• f) a second assembly, said second assembly including
• i) a ball bearing assembly, and
• ii) at least one spacer,
• wherein said second assembly has a total width, and wherein said second assembly is arranged on said holding section of said shaft between said channel cutter and said second end of said holding section of said shaft;
• g) a second molding cutter having an inside edge and having a cutting surface with an inside edge, said second molding cutter being arranged on said holding section of said shaft between said second assembly and said second end of said holding section of said shaft;
• and
• h) a nut, said nut located on said second end of holding section of said shaft and holding and fixing said trim cutter, said first molding cutter, said first assembly, said channel cutter, said second assembly, and said second molding cutter on said shaft,
• wherein a sum of the total width of the first assembly, a distance between said inside edge of said first molding cutter and said inside edge of its cutting surface, and a distance between said left edge of said channel cutter and said left edge of its cutting surface is substantially equal to the first predetermined distance between the first and second perpendicular appendages of the apron molding, and
• wherein a sum of the total width of the second assembly, a distance between said inside edge of said second molding cutter and said inside edge of its cutting surface, and a distance between said right edge of said channel cutter and said right edge of its cutting surface is substantially equal to the second predetermined distance between the second and third perpendicular appendages of the apron molding.

A kit which can be assembled as a tool for preparing an edge surface of a substrate for an apron molding having at least two perpendicular appendages, the kit comprising:

• a) a shaft including a shank section and a holding section, said holding section having a first end and a second, threaded, end;
• b) a trim cutter which can be arranged on said holding section of said shaft;
• c) a first molding cutter having a cutting surface having a first width, said first molding cutter can be arranged on said holding section of said shaft;
• d) a ball bearing assembly which can be arranged on said holding section of said shaft;
• e) at least one spacer which can be arranged on said holding section of said shaft and having a first total width;
• f) a second molding cutter having a cutting surface having a second total width, said second molding cutter can be arranged on said holding section of said shaft;
• g) a nut which can be secured to said second end of holding section of said shaft, said nut for holding and fixing other elements of the kit on said shaft;
• and
• h) at least one replacement spacer which can be arranged on said holding section of said shaft and having a second total width which is slightly less than said first total width in an amount corresponding to a change in said first width of said cutting surface of said first molding cutter and in said second width of said cutting surface of said second molding cutter if said first and second molding cutters are sharpened.