Credo Technology Corporation

Vermont American Corporation

Credo Tool Company

W Miles Hale

Gregory A Phillips

Donald M Szymanski

Ved P Gakhar

William Newton

Leroy R Leet

One embodiment of a drill press table accessory has a work surface with an opening therethrough for passing at least a portion of a drill bit. A vacuum channel communicates with the opening and with a vacuum port for connection to a vacuum source. In operation, a pressure differential may be communicated from the vacuum source to the opening to remove dust and debris as a work piece is operated on. An additional drill press table embodiment has upper and lower tables hingedly attached whereby the upper table may be oriented at an angle to the lower table so that a work piece can be operated on at an angle.

Drill press table accessory

A fence assembly for use with a router table, with the fence assembly including a first lower rail, a second lower rail and an upper rail. The first lower rail is configured and arranged to be positioned above the router table, where the first lower rail defines a lower longitudinal axis along the length thereof. The second lower rail is configured and arranged to be positioned above the router table along the lower longitudinal axis. The upper rail is configured and arranged to be attached to the router table above both the first lower rail and the second lower rail, whereby the upper rail defines an upper longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to the lower longitudinal axis. One important feature of the present invention is that at least one of the first lower rail and the second lower rail is configured and arranged to be moved between a normal position, in which the front sides of said first and second lower rails are substantially flush with each other, and a shifted position, in which the front side of the first and second lower rails are slightly offset from each other. Such a shifted position allows the router to be used as an edge jointer.

Fence assembly for a router table

In order to enable quick and easy clamping of a work piece or device to the top of a work bench, the work bench is formed with a plurality of keyhole-like slots which are adapted to receive a threaded shaft and stopper arrangement which extends down from each of a plurality of rocker arm-like clamp members. Each of these clamps is such that a stopper which is provided on the bottom of the threaded shafts, is wider than the width of the slot. Rocker arms, which are connected to the upper ends of the threaded shaft, are each provided with a vertically extending bore through which a threaded shaft extends, and an intersecting lateral bore in which a follower nut which cooperates with the threaded shaft, is received. The lateral bore is formed toward one end of the rocker arm that is adapted to have engagement fingers or members at each end. The follower nuts are each formed with a thread only on one side of the bore through which the threaded shaft is disposed and are each arranged to laterally displaceable so that temporary disengagement between the threads can be achieved to allow for quick setting of the clamps.

Adjustable workbench having quick action clamps

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

W Miles Hale