Dowel hole & slot cutter

A portable dowel hole and slot cutter including a cutting bit for operating on workpieces compromises:

• a motor having a base and a toolholder extending outwardly from the motor at one end;
• an elongated track engaged by the motor base to permit sliding movement of the motor along the track having a first side and a second side held in place by two elongated bars with adjustable force friction slides mounted to the underside engaging the motor base;
• a bracket having an arm mounted to the track on each side and projecting upwardly therefrom and having a transverse portion including an aperture extending therethrough and having a tapered upper portion and lower portion;
• an upper and lower track engaging the upper and lower bracket portions respectively and held in place on a plate by two elongated bars with adjustable force friction slides mounted to the underside engaging the transverse tapered bracket allowing side to side movement;
• a workpiece fence/support comprising a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, said vertical portion having two slots for adjusting position of the cutting hit to the workpiece in an up and down fashion with respect to the front face of the cutter and an aperture therethrough adjacent the plate and the transverse bracket and two subholder/subfences comprising a vertical portion and a horizontal portion including a slot and being attached to the horizontal portion of the aforementioned workpiece holder/fence by means of thumbscrews and extending downwardly therefrom with said subholder/subfences being used for positioning the cutting bit with respect to the workpiece along a horizontal axis or in a side to side fashion with respect to the front face of the tool bit with the workpiece holder/fence also held in place with two thumbscrews for adjusting purposes.