Woodworking inventions 08/06

20060191595 - Hovering router base: A base (10) for a router includes a sub base (12) having a plurality of dispersed air ducts (24) extending through the lower surface (14) and spaced from a central opening (20) and its periphery (18). First and second plates (30, 50) form a manifold (28) providing pressurized air to...

20060191596 - Workpiece motion guide and method: A motion guide for use with a machine having a table is disclosed. A motion guide in accordance with the present invention includes a body portion defining a top surface and a bottom surface, a first guiding surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, a second guiding...

20060191597 - Handle assembly: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for providing convenient grasping of a router adjacent base/motor housing includes a base for supporting a motor housing for driving a working tool. A generally L-shaped handle including a connecting member and grasping member is connected to the base for permitting a...

20060191598 - Method for optimizing veneer peeling: The invention concerns a method for optimizing the veneer yield in veneer peeling. The contour of the log to be peeled is determined and the peeling axes at the ends of the log are determined by simulating the veneer yield. The desired veneer yield is determined at least as two...

20060180243 - Cutting tool and system for coring a bowl using a lathe: A cutting tool piece is provided including a rear portion and a lead portion, the lead portion including a front section having an upper side angled downwardly and forwardly and a lower side angled upwardly and forwardly to form a transverse lead cutting edge. The rear portion includes a hole...

20060180244 - Portable work bench: An improved portable work bench includes a structural body, and a platform disposed on the structural body. In addition, the platform includes a cam mechanism for locking the position of the platform along the structural body. Further, the portable work bench may include a plurality of legs for supporting the...

20060174973 - Knife fixing method: The present invention concerns a method for fixing a knife in wood chipper apparatuses over the whole knife length between two steady surfaces. The fixing force is developed by means of a roller chain located between two counter surfaces and reversing its direction at each of its couplings, the roller...

20060174974 - Floorboard and floor convering for resilient floor: A floorboard for making a resilient floor by joining to at least one neighbouring, substantially identical floorboard (1′), so that joined upper neighbouring parts (7, 7′) of the edge portions of the floorboards (1, 1′) together define a joint plane (F), perpendicular to the main plane (P) of the joined...

20060174975 - Apparatus and method for the efficient production of high quality wood strands, flakes and wafers: An apparatus for cutting wood, the apparatus comprising a housing element defining a work surface and an interior, a means for delivering wood to the work surface, a plurality of incising elements arranged in the work surface to incise the wood in a direction substantially parallel to the fibre of...

20060169357 - Apparatus for temporarily holding logs within cutting-off machines: Apparatus for temporarily holding logs within cutting-off machines, characterized in that it comprises two plates (60) each of which exhibits a plurality of pressers (61) and an appendix sliding within a guide (7): the said plates (60) being associated with an actuator (8) which drive them, under control, in a...

20060169358 - Tree removal attachment and method: A tree removal attachment is provided which can be easily affixed to construction equipment such as a small loader or skidster. The tree removal attachment has at least one moveable blade which is powered preferably by the hydraulic system of the loader for use in tree removal. The tree removal...

20060169359 - Debarking apparatus with adjustable rate of debarking: An adjustable debarking block for a debarker having an enclosure to receive logs for debarking in order to vary the aggressiveness of the debarking process. The block member has multiple debarking surfaces, and is movable within the enclosure between positions in which one of the surfaces is exposed to engage...