摘要 |
A combined router guide and clamping apparatus for enabling the routing of small rectangular holes, grooves, recesses, rabbets, mortices and tenons, in a controlled and precise manner, on large or small blocks of wood as well as the sides or ends of boards. The combined router guide and clamping apparatus comprises: a working platform having a platform area for receiving a router base thereon; a base unit secured to the working platform, underneath the working platform and including clamping means, which includes at least one adjustable clamp, moveable relative to the working platform, for securing a workpiece in the base unit relative to the working platform; and a fence means on the working platform and including at least one adjustable fence for guiding the router base on the router platform area. The clamping assembly includes a pair of clamping jaws and front and rear force transfer bars which isolate the clamping forces from the working platform and the base unit.
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