A tube notching device for forming a notch in a tubular workpiece. The tube notching device includes a support frame, a vise, a positioning assembly, a cutting assembly, and a cutting mechanism. The vise is mounted to the support frame and secures the tubular workpiece in a desired support position. The positioning assembly is pivotally mounted to the support frame. The cutting assembly is pivotally mounted to the positioning assembly. The cutting mechanism is mounted to the cutting assembly and configured to form a notch in the tubular workpiece. The positioning assembly and the cutting assembly cooperate to position the cutting mechanism in a desired notching position relative to the tubular workpiece supported in the vise in the desired support position. The cutting mechanism operates to form a desired notch in the tubular workpiece when the cutting mechanism is in the desired notching position.

A dowel jig having a main body, a clamp assembly and a drill guide is provided. The main body has first and second legs for locating a workpiece. The dowel jig may have a side stop for locating the workpiece in a third dimension. Drill guide spacers may be provided for locating the drill guide relative to the workpiece abutments provided by the main body. The clamp assembly may have locating features quick and repeatable adjustment of the location of the clamp for clamping workpieces for forming dowel holes in different portions of a workpiece.

This invention includes a drill guide (drill depth stop and alignment tool), canting base attachment, and self-aligning dowel jig attachment that allows users to drill holes to prescribed depths into flat work surfaces using various sizes of twist and auger bits while eliminating marring and reducing wood splintering. The canting base attachment allows users to drill holes to prescribed depths and at variable angles into flat surfaces and both large and small cylinders with no free ends using various kinds and sizes of drilling tools without marring. The dowel jig attachment allows users to drill dowel holes to prescribed depths in edges and faces of work pieces that are evenly spaced apart by numerous gauged distances and at infinitely adjustable distances from edges. This invention has drill press-like capabilities and can be used in fields and shops.

A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system.

A method and apparatus for tapping into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. The assembly includes a tapping tool connectable to the tubular via a saddle connection and an adjustable tapping clamp with adjustable support/locking feet, compression plate with view ports, and angularly adjustable hot tapping system, along with a drill/saw system.

A hand-held apparatus is for hole-making in an elongated body. The apparatus has a housing including a rotatable cutting tool arranged to be axially movable from a non-cutting position into a cutting position. The first end portion of the housing comprises a clamping device arranged to be adjusted from a first, inactive position into a second, active position, wherein the clamping device, in the active position, is arranged to hold the apparatus fixed to the elongated body. The apparatus further has a device for connecting to a driving means, for example a hand-held drill.

Countersink guide assemblies and related methods. A countersink guide assembly includes a microstop cage and a stabilization guide. The microstop cage includes a cage sleeve, a cutter shaft, and a cutter that translates with respect to the cage sleeve as the cutter bores a countersink into a workpiece. The stabilization guide includes a guide body that defines a guide bore that receives the cage sleeve and a plurality of guide legs extending from the guide body. A method of boring a countersink into a workpiece includes positioning a microstop cage within a stabilization guide, engaging a workpiece with each of a plurality of guide legs, contacting the workpiece with a cage base, driving a cutter about a cage axis with a rotary driver, and transitioning the microstop cage to an extended configuration to bore the countersink into the workpiece with the cutter.

A method and apparatus for angularly drilling during a tapping procedure into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle.

The invention relates to an automatic precision worktop for drilling without deviation for cylindrical workpiece which includes a loading device, a drilling device and an uploading device. The loading device includes a first sliding rail disposed horizontally on the side of the drilling device, a loading plate disposed on the first sliding rail and slidingly engaged with the first sliding rail, and two first linkages driving the loading plate to slide on the first sliding rail. Each linkage includes a link mechanism, and a driving motor that drives movement of the link mechanism. Two sides of the loading plate are respectively provided with a third sliding rail slidably engaged with two link mechanisms. The drilling device includes a clamping device, a drilling mechanism located on the side of the clamping device and a positioning mechanism slidingly engaged with the clamping device. The uploading mechanism includes a second sliding rail parallel to the first sliding rail, an uploading plate located on the second sliding rail and engaging the second sliding rail, and two second linkages that drive the uploading plate to slide on the second sliding rail. The present invention avoids large deviation of the drill bit, which reduces the defective rate of the workpiece, and avoid unnecessary waste of cost.

A drill assembly and method is provided for enlarging an injector of a reactor. The drill assembly includes an elongated shaft attached to a piloted drill bit including a pilot portion distal from and extending colinearly with the elongated shaft and a cutting portion proximal the elongated shaft and positioned between the pilot portion and the elongated shaft, wherein the cutting portion includes at least one cutting edge extending radially from a center axis of rotation beyond an outer surface of the pilot portion; and a drive device adapted to rotate the elongated shaft about the axis of rotation. The method includes inserting the pilot portion into an injector; and cutting away a portion of an inner surface of the injector with the cutting portion.