Cutting apparatus and method for cutting and routing

A cutting apparatus, comprising:

• a frame having a frame slot;
• a motorized cutting tool that is attached to the frame;
• a material tray mounted to the frame and moveable in a cutting direction;
• and
• a coolant pan disposed within the frame slot and moveable in a direction that is perpendicular to the cutting direction.

A cutting apparatus, comprising:

• a frame having a saw-mounting portion and a router-mounting portion that is separate from the saw-mounting portion;
• a saw-motor mounting structure that is attachable to the saw-mounting portion of the frame;
• a saw motor that is mountable to the saw-motor mounting structure;
• a router mounting structure that is attachable to the router-mounting portion of the frame;
• a router that is mountable to the router mounting structure;
• and
• a material tray mounted to the frame and moveable in a cutting direction.

A method, comprising:

• placing an item on a cutting tray that is disposed on a frame of a cutting apparatus;
• moving the cutting tray in a cutting direction to cut the item with a motorized tool that is attached to the frame;
• applying a coolant from a coolant pan to the motorized tool, the coolant pan being disposed within a coolant-pan opening of the frame;
• and
• moving the coolant pan within the coolant-pan opening in a direction perpendicular to the cutting direction to catch the applied coolant as it drips from the item.

A method, comprising:

• attaching a saw-motor mounting structure to a saw-mounting portion of a frame of a cutting apparatus;
• cutting an item with a saw blade moved by a saw motor that is mounted to the saw-motor mounting structure, the item having an edge;
• attaching a router mounting structure to a router-mounting portion of the frame of the cutting apparatus, the router-mounting portion of the frame being spaced apart from the saw-mounting portion of the frame;
• and
• cutting the edge of the item with a router that is mounted to the router mounting structure.

A cutting apparatus, comprising:

• a frame;
• a material tray disposed on the frame and movable in a cutting direction;
• and
• a coolant pan disposed beneath the material tray and wider than the material tray in a direction perpendicular to the cutting direction.