Woodworking inventions 09/06

20060207683 - Power tool: A planer including a housing having a base planing surface for contacting a workpiece, a rotatable blade cylinder located within said housing and including more than one cutting blade for engaging with and planing the work piece. A drive means is associated with the blade cylinder and operable to cause...

20060207684 - Wood chipper: A wood chipper comprising a pair of horizontally spaced-apart upstanding end walls having a plurality of rotatable shafts extending therebetween. The shafts are arranged so that they define a semi-circular configuration when viewed from the ends thereof and which define an open upper ended wood receiving area between the first...

20060207685 - Portable work bench: An improved portable work bench includes a beam, legs for supporting the beam, and at least one bracket having first and second surfaces for contacting respective first and second sides of the beam, wherein the second surface is movable between a first position contacting the second side of the beam,...

20060207686 - Log rotation and verification system and method: Embodiments of the present invention provide a log rotation verification system having an optimizer configured to determine an optimized cutting solution for the log and configured to identify an optimized rotational position, and a position indicator applicable to a log to indicate a reference rotational position of the log. A...

20060207687 - Systems for orienting strands and other wood particles: Systems for orienting strands and/or other types of particles are provided. The systems may have tabs which extend from orienting disks and/or collars and/or spacers which may be disposed on shafts. The tabs may prevent accumulation of strands between disks utilized within an orienting system. For example, the tabs may...

20060201580 - Method for providing a feedback-controlled exercise routine: A method for providing a feedback-controlled exercise routine for a user by providing a predetermined sequence of movements for the user; sensing movements of the user during the sequence; measuring data related to the sensed movements; and evaluating the data to determine whether to repeat or modify the routine. The...

20060201581 - Timber fastener and method of manufacturing and employing the same: A timber fastener and method of manufacturing and utilizing the same wherein the fastener includes a shaft having a center axis, a head end, and a tip end. The shaft has a first threaded portion proximate the tip end and a second threaded portion proximate the head end and having...

20060201582 - Lumber processing apparatus and method: A method and apparatus are provided for processing rough cut lumber to convert the rough cut lumber into trimmed to length and dimensionally trimmed to form a standard piece of dimensioned lumber. The process and apparatus includes the formation of a plurality of columns of lumber pieces in addition to...