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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1987
John S Ducate, Sr, Columbia, SC (US);
The JDS Company, Inc., Columbia, SC (US);
Abstract
A woodworking apparatus including a work carriage having a base mounted on a bed for rectilinear sliding movement along a first axis in a first plane and a work platform mounted on the base for rectilinear sliding movement along a second axis parallel to the first axis and in a second plane parallel to the first plane. A tool carriage carrying a motor driven rotary cutting tool is mounted on the bed for rectilinear sliding movement along a third axis transverse to the first and second axes. Levers are provided for actuating movements of the base, the platform, and the tool carriage. A gas spring may be connected with the tool carriage to counterbalance the weight of the tool carriage assembly. A template and following stylus also may be provided for guiding the tool carriage relative to the work carriage in accordance with a predetermined pattern. The work surface supporting a workpiece may be tilted relative to the rotational axis of the cutting tool. Various clamping devices allow adjustment of the tool carriage, the work carriage and their actuators.