Woodworking inventions 12/05

20050284540 - Log splitter: A log splitter which includes an elongated frame which defines a reservoir for hydraulic fluid. A log splitting wedge secured to one end of the frame and a hydraulic cylinder and ram/piston secured to the other end of the frame. The ram/piston being movable toward and away from the wedge....

20050284541 - Log splitter: A log splitter which includes an elongated frame which defines a reservoir for hydraulic fluid. A log splitting wedge secured to one end of the frame and a hydraulic cylinder and ram/piston secured to the other end of the frame. The ram/piston being movable toward and away from the wedge....

20050284542 - Log splitting apparatus: A hydraulic log splitter attachment for a skid steer loader includes a mounting framework attached to a vertical elongate beam. A piston/cylinder combination with a rod for movement between retracted and downwardly extended configurations mounts to the beam. A wedge attaches to a lower end of the rod. A base...

20050284543 - Pre-directing insert for a bi-directional exhausting handheld planer: A bi-directional handheld planer is used to remove chips from a workpiece in order to make the surface planar. The handheld planer allows the user to choose between a pair of opposing exhaust ports from which the chips are to be expelled from the planer. Particular handheld planers have a...

20050279423 - Wood splitter with multiple wood splitting wedges on a rotating member: A woodsplitting machine has a plurality of wedges of various sizes radially attached to a rotational member mounted on the frame behind the log cradle such that an operator can quickly and easily rotate the appropriate wedge into position depending on the diameter of the log in the cradle to...

20050279424 - Base plate for mountng a router in a support table: A system of machining a workpiece with a router bit includes a base plate for mounting in a recess in a router table having a work surface over which the workpiece is to be moved. The router is mounted underneath the plate with the bit driven about a bit axis...

20050274432 - Router with improved safety system: A router is described for cutting workpieces with router bits. The router includes a safety system configured to detect one or more dangerous conditions between a person and a router bit. The safety system includes a reaction subsystem configured to perform one or more predetermined actions in the event a...

20050274433 - Debris collection container for a planer: A planer assembly consisting of a planer and a debris collection container, the debris collection container comprising a receptacle for storage of debris generated by a planer during its planing action and a connector which connects the receptacle to a planer and through which debris can pass from the a...

20050274434 - Log positioning apparatus and associated method: A appartus, system, and method are provided for positioning a log for cutting. The apparatus includes a plurality of log-transferring members having a common rotational axis and each having a plurality of log positioner arms extending generally about the rotational axis. The log positioner arms include a lifting surface and...

20050263212 - Mortiser tool: A mortiser tool comprises a drill bit, a cutting element mounted around the drill bit and a motor means. In use a motor rotates the drill bit independently of the cutting element, and in use a motor moves the drill bit in a first reciprocating action, in which the cutting...

20050263213 - Rotary cutter for a wood planing machine: A rotary cutter includes: an elongated shaft that defines a rotation axis and that has two opposite mounting ends, and at least one axially extending blade-mounting surface parallel to the rotation axis and extending between the mounting ends; a pair of blade-aligning members, each of which is mounted on a...

20050263214 - Joinery member and fastener and process and apparatus for placement of the fastener: A ready-to-use pocket joinery assembly is manufactured by first forming a fastener pocket in a surface of a joinery member near to and spaced from an end of the joinery member. Subsequently, one propels a fastener having a tip or point into the fastener pocket to impact and engage a...

20050263215 - Milling system and method: A milling system for milling patterns into a workpiece is disclosed. The system comprises a baseplate having an aperture and a template disposed within the aperture and positionable in a plurality of registrated orientations relative to the baseplate. The baseplate is formed of two separable baseplate parts. A system for...