Adjustable pocket hole apparatus
OwnerAlfred Stukulsinventor
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Abstract
In the pocket hole apparatus of the present invention, a table reciprocates linearly relative to a base. An anvil is fixed relative to the base and holds the workpiece on a sloped top surface at the desired angle for the pocket hole. A drill spindle with a drill bit is fixed relative to the table. After the workpiece is mounted to the anvil, the table is moved to drill the pocket hole. Optionally, a second spindle on the opposite side of the anvil predrills the pocket hole when the table is first moved to a predrill position. The spindle is enabled or disabled by latching mechanism. The spindle is mounted to a rail that is slidably mounted to the table so that the rail can slide perpendicularly thereby adjusting the spacing between pocket holes.
Claims20
An apparatus for producing a plurality of pocket holes at an angle in a workpiece, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) a table parallel to said base and having a top surface opposite said base;
- (c) a reciprocating mechanism for reciprocating said table relative to said base in a drilling direction between at least a neutral position and a drilling position;
- (d) a plurality of carriages, each of said carriages comprising (1) a first spindle having a first drill bit that extends parallel to said drilling direction;
- (2) an anvil extending from said table top surface, said anvil being fixed relative to said base in said drilling direction and having a sloped top surface adapted to receive and affix said workpiece, said sloped top surface being sloped away from said first drill bit and toward said table top surface at said angle;
- and (3) a latching mechanism for latching said spindle in a disabled position wherein said first spindle is fixed relative to said base in said drilling direction, and in an enabled position wherein said spindle is fixed relative to said table in said drilling direction;
- (e) whereby said workpiece is affixed to said anvil when said table is in said neutral position, said table is reciprocated to said drilling position to drill said pocket hole, and said table is reciprocated to said neutral position for removal of said workpiece.
An apparatus for producing a plurality of pocket holes at an angle in a workpiece, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) a table parallel to said base and having a top surface opposite said base;
- (c) a reciprocating mechanism for reciprocating said table relative to said base in a drilling direction between at least a neutral position and a drilling position;
- (d) a plurality of carriages having spacing in a spacing direction perpendicular to said drilling direction, each of said carriages comprising (1) a rail that extends in said drilling direction and being movable in said spacing direction;
- (2) a first spindle attached to said rail and having a first drill bit that extends parallel to said drilling direction;
- (3) an anvil extending from said table top surface, said anvil being fixed relative to said base in said drilling direction and having a sloped top surface adapted to receive and affix said workpiece, said sloped top surface being sloped away from said first drill bit and toward said table top surface at said angle, said rail controlling motion of said anvil in said spacing direction;
- and (4) a latching mechanism for latching said rail in a disabled position wherein said rail is fixed relative to said base in said drilling direction, and in an enabled position wherein said rail is fixed relative to said table in said drilling direction;
- (e) whereby said spacing is set by moving at least one of said plurality of carriages in said spacing direction, each of said carriages is enable or disabled by the latching mechanism, said workpiece is affixed to said anvil when said table is in said neutral position, said table is reciprocated to said drilling position to drill said pocket hole, and said table is reciprocated to said neutral position for removal of said workpiece.
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