Plastic laminate trimmer

Claim 1

A portable motor-driven laminate chamfering machine for use in forming an inwardly sloping bevel to the edge of a laminate facing in exact conformance to the edge of a substrate, comprising, structure defining a motor power unit having a faceplate and a cylindrical rotating cutting tool extending normally through said faceplate from said motor power unit, guide structure mounted upon said faceplate, said guide structure comprising of a base positioned adjacent said faceplate, said base having an oversize clearance aperture positioned about the base of said cutting tool, adjustable locking means for holding said base in contact with said faceplate, means for pivotally mounting said base to said faceplate at a point diagonally opposite to said adjusting means, said base having a curved slot formed therein to the radius from said pivot means, with said adjustable locking means extending through said curbed slot so that said guide structure may be moved as a whole to a limited extent about said cutting tool and locked in a desired position with said adjustable locking means, vertically extending means provided at each side of substantially one-half of said base, pad means mounted to said vertically extending means on opposite sides of said base, a guide pad spaced from said pad means and extending on a line parallel to said pad means positioned on the opposite side of said cutting tool and secured to said base, said guide pad having a raised guide face sloping at a predetermined plane which extended coincides with the far edge of said cutting tool.