An electrically powered work piece feeder for use with inverted routers or small shapers incorporates improvements in adjustability which enhances accuracy, convenience, and safety in the use of such power tools. The powered feeder element mounts on a table fence and has an inverted roller suspended over the table adjacent a working face. Mounting structure permits positional adjustment of the roller in spatial relation to the power tool cutter and a workpiece on the table so as to propel the workpiece on the table over the power tool cutter and along the working face in the direction of the longitudinal feed axis. An out-feed section may be provided on the fence that includes inner and outer wedge-shaped ramps movable with respect to one another along the longitudinal feed axis and adapted to be locked together, thus allowing slow and precise advancement of the outer ramp toward the router.

A sled assembly configured to push stock along a fence includes a carriage and rollers mounted at spaced apart positions. The rollers engage the fence to guide movement of the carriage therealong and each has a peripheral portion for being received in a fence race. An adjustable roller mount selectively adjusts the position of the roller to align the peripheral portions of the rollers with the width of the race. An adjustable fence assembly includes an outfeed fence movable relative to an infeed fence. An outfeed fence adjustment mechanism includes mounting posts at spaced apart locations along the length of the outfeed fence movable to drive movement of the outfeed fence along an axis transverse to the feed direction.

The invention is directed to a machine tool for edge machining a workpiece. The machine tool includes a drive unit for a rotary tool, a guide device for guiding the workpiece in a horizontal infeed direction and a chip collecting hood. The guide device includes an upper pressure element and a lower pressure element and one of the pressure elements is settable in the vertical direction relative to the other pressure element and also the drive unit. The chip collecting hood includes a side wall having a cutout for receiving an edge region to be machined of the workpiece. The side wall includes a base wall part and a closure wall part. The base wall part is positioned fixedly relative to the drive unit and the closure wall part is positioned fixedly relative to the pressure element to be settable in the vertical direction. The closure wall part delimits the cutout in the vertical direction.

The invention is directed to a machine tool for edge machining a workpiece. The machine tool includes a drive unit for a rotary tool, a guide device for guiding the workpiece in a horizontal infeed direction and a chip collecting hood. The guide device includes an upper pressure element and a lower pressure element and one of the pressure elements is settable in the vertical direction relative to the other pressure element and also the drive unit. The chip collecting hood includes a side wall having a cutout for receiving an edge region to be machined of the workpiece. The side wall includes a base wall part and a closure wall part. The base wall part is positioned fixedly relative to the drive unit and the closure wall part is positioned fixedly relative to the pressure element to be settable in the vertical direction. The closure wall part delimits the cutout in the vertical direction.

Provided is a router guide that comprises: a guide part that has a first through-hole and a guide surface that guides a cutting tool attachment part of a router device along the first through-hole; a maintaining part that maintains the position of the guide surface; and a positioning part that positions the guide part. The guide surface is formed such that, in a state where the maintaining part is in contact with a surface of a composite material, the distance from the surface becomes smaller as the guide surface approaches a second through-hole. The guide part is formed so as to be elastically deformable. In a case where the guide part is caused to elastically deform along the surface shape of the composite material, the maintaining part maintains the position of the guide surface with respect to the surface at a position that corresponds to the surface shape.

A pocket-cutting device routs staggered pockets in elongated joinery member. The pocket-cutting device includes a base having a worktop, a clamp assembly for clamping the joinery member to the worktop, a router assembly for routing the pockets in the joinery member, a drill assembly for drilling bores in the joinery member, and a guide mounted in the worktop dimensioned and configured to position the joinery member in first and second positions relative to the router assembly for routing first and second pockets and first and second bores in the joinery member at staggered positions. A method of using the staggered pockets is also disclosed.

A pocket-cutting device routs staggered pockets in elongated joinery member. The pocket-cutting device includes a base having a worktop, a clamp assembly for clamping the joinery member to the worktop, a router assembly for routing the pockets in the joinery member, a drill assembly for drilling bores in the joinery member, and a guide mounted in the worktop dimensioned and configured to position the joinery member in first and second positions relative to the router assembly for routing first and second pockets and first and second bores in the joinery member at staggered positions. A method of using the staggered pockets is also disclosed.

An electrically powered work piece feeder for use with inverted routers or small shapers incorporates improvements in adjustability which enhances accuracy, convenience, and safety in the use of such power tools. The powered feeder element mounts on a table fence and has an inverted roller suspended over the table adjacent a working face. Mounting structure permits positional adjustment of the roller in spatial relation to the power tool cutter and a workpiece on the table so as to propel the workpiece on the table over the power tool cutter and along the working face in the direction of the longitudinal feed axis. An out-feed section may be provided on the fence that includes inner and outer wedge-shaped ramps movable with respect to one another along the longitudinal feed axis and adapted to be locked together, thus allowing slow and precise advancement of the outer ramp toward the router.

An electrically powered work piece feeder for use with inverted routers or small shapers incorporates improvements in adjustability which enhances accuracy, convenience, and safety in the use of such power tools. The powered feeder element mounts on a table fence and has an inverted roller suspended over the table adjacent a working face. Mounting structure permits positional adjustment of the roller in spatial relation to the power tool cutter and a workpiece on the table so as to propel the workpiece on the table over the power tool cutter and along the working face in the direction of the longitudinal feed axis. An out-feed section may be provided on the fence that includes inner and outer wedge-shaped ramps movable with respect to one another along the longitudinal feed axis and adapted to be locked together, thus allowing slow and precise advancement of the outer ramp toward the router.

A portable router table that includes a top surface of a bench that is adapted to support at least one workpiece. The portable router table also includes a bottom surface of the bench that is spaced apart from the top surface. The portable router table also includes at least one bottom slot defined in the bottom surface of the bench. The bench is adapted to engage with a bench clamp inside of the at least one bottom slot for clamping the portable router table with a support structure. In one instance, the bench may be cantilevered from the support structure and the bottom surface of the bench is engaged with the support structure.