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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Randy E Benway, Horicon, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention includes the apparatus and method to create an improved loose tenon joint with multiple arculate mortise surfaces and similarly configured loose tenon member for woodworking applications. A drilling jig is provided to axially guide a drill bit for boring a series of adjoining holes forming a mortise, and a router bit is provided to form a cooperating tenon. A first jig embodiment manipulates a slidable drilling guide bar maintaining longitudinally spaced thru-bores and a plurality of index holes. A second embodiment includes a stationary jig body having an opening that supports at least two drilling guides each having at least one thru-bore. A third embodiment provides a drilling guide bar slidably attached to a stationary support member by at least one indexing pin inserted through an elongated indexing aperture in the stationary support member and into an indexing hole in the guide bar. Preferably, the indexing pin and indexing hole are threaded. Each embodiment provides multiple guide holes for fast drilling with full drill bit contact area and preset hole spacing to produce a uniform and accurate mortise for a strong loose tenon joint system.