Woodworking – Work guide
Patent
1998-06-10
1999-03-02
Bray, W. Donald
Woodworking
Work guide
33197, 33464, 33501, 83729, 8343515, 834362, 8352225, 83875, 144 86, 144 87, 1442532, 144371, B27F 100, B27L 1300, B27B 3100, B27C 112
Patent
active
058758275
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to tools and accessories which are used in conjunction with a router table and more particularly to an accessory, such as a push shoe, which enables the operator of a router tool to feed stock to the router bit in a safe manner.
Push shoes for router tables are generally well known. Normally, an operator of a router table uses either extra stock or other material as a push shoe to press against the stock which is being worked upon in order to properly and safely feed the stock into the router bit. The stock is placed against a fence and is pushed along that fence toward the router bit so the bit can act upon the stock in an even manner. Push shoes are utilized to keep the operator's hands away from the router bit. Extra stock can be used or other appendages which press firmly against the stock to be worked upon and allow the operator to properly feed it to the bit. A problem associated with the push shoes of the prior art, is their inability to allows the operator to adjust the push shoe to varying height and width stock. Additionally, nothing in the prior art provides a router table accessory which allows the operator to combine a miter gauge, bit height measuring tool and dovetail gauge in a single adjustable push shoe.
The object of the present invention is to provide a router table push shoe that can be adjusted to varying height and width stock, and can also be used as a miter gauge, a depth of bit height reference, a scale to check distance from the router bit to the fence, and a gauge for making thru dovetail joints.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention there is provided a router table accessory which enables the operator to properly and safely feed stock to a router bit. The push shoe of the present invention enables the operator to adjust the shoe to varying stock width and thickness. The push shoe additionally has the ability to provide the operator with a miter gauge, a bit height measuring tool, a scale for use in common routing tasks, and a dovetail gauge.
The push shoe of the present invention has a miter bar which is stored in the push shoe base while the accessory is used as a push shoe. The push shoe has a bottom guard and a side guard which are adjustable in the horizontal and vertical direction respectively in order to compensate for varying stock thickness and height. The bottom guard and side guard may be completely removed from the push shoe so that the push shoe may be utilized as a miter gauge. The miter bar, which has a miter pointer at one distal end, may be removed from the base and affixed to the bottom of the push shoe. The push shoe base has an angle of deflection scale which the miter pointer is directed to, indicating to the operator which angle the miter bar is set at.
The invention itself, together with further objects and attendant advantages, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the router table push shoe of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the router table push shoe of the present invention with the bottom guard removed from the push shoe;
FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the bottom portion of the router table push shoe and bottom guard of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an isometric view of the router table push shoe of the present invention with the side guard removed from the push shoe;
FIG. 5 is a bottom isometric view of the router table push shoe with a piece of stock inserted for proper feeding to a router bit;
FIG. 6 is an isometric view of the router table push shoe of the present invention utilized to feed stock on a router table;
FIG. 7 is an isometric view of the miter bar of the router table push shoe of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is an isometric view of the router table push shoe of the present invention with the miter bar partially attached;
FIG. 9 is an isometric view of the router table push
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Brutscher David T.
Spiegelhalter John P.
Bray W. Donald
Vermont American Corporation
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