Router guide assembly

Claim 2

A cutting guide assembly for a router having a work face and a cutting bit extending from the work face comprising: a base plate comprising: a centrally located aperture for the cutting bit; a pair of diametrically opposed guide slots through the base plate extending radially on each side of the aperture; and mounting means for releasably attaching the base plate to the work face of the router with the cutting bit extending through the aperture; and a pair of cylindrical guide posts adapted to be adjustably mounted in the guide slots and extending perpendicularly from the base plate, each guide post including a wrench engagement means on the end to accomodate adjustably mounting the guide posts to the base plate, the wrench engagement means comprising a wrench gripping surface inside the external peripheral configuration of the guide post.

Claim 3

The cutting guide assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the base plate comprises a circular disc and the aperture is located at the center of the disk.

Claim 4

The cutting guide assembly defined in claim 1 wherein the guide slots are each formed in the bottom of a widened groove, the widened grooves opening toward the back of the base plate and each receiving a nut in recessed relationship therewith to accommodate adjustably mounting the guide posts to the base plate while retaining the nuts against rotation and loss.

Claim 5

The cutting guide assembly defined in claim 3 wherein the nuts are received in the widened groove flush with the back of the base plate and the widened groove acts as a holding means for holding the nuts against turning when the guide posts are rotated when a wrench is applied to the wrench engagement means on the guide posts.

Claim 6

A cutting guide assembly for a router having a work face and a cutting bit extending from the work face comprising: a circular base plate comprising: an aperture for the cutting bit in the center of the base plate; a pair of guide slots cut through the base plate, the guide slots being radially oriented on opposite sides of the aperture, each guide slot having a recessed groove on a back face of the base plate, each recessed groove receiving a nut recessed from the back face of the base plate; and mounting means for releasably attaching the base plate to the work face of the router; and a pair of guide posts adapted to be adjustably secured to the base plate at a first end by the nuts, the guide posts accommodating adjustment in a plurality of positions in the guide slots, the guide posts each having a wrench engagement site at a second end to receive a wrench to accommodate being tightened to the base plate in a secure relationship and also loosened for adjustment relative to the guide slots.

Claim 7

A cutting guide assembly for a router having a work face and a cutting bit extending from the work face comprising: a circular base plate comprising: an aperture for the cutting bit in the center of the base plate; a pair of guide slots cut through the base plate, the guide slots being radially oriented on opposite sides of the aperture, each guide slot having a recessed groove on a back face of the base plate, each recessed groove receiving a nut recessed from the back face of the base plate; and mounting means for releasably attaching the base plate to the work face of the router; and a pair of guide posts adapted to be adjustably secured to the base plate at a first end by the nuts, the guide posts accommodating adjustment in a plurality of positions in the guide slots, the guide posts each having a wrench engagement site at a second end to receive a wrench to accommodate being tightened to the base plate in a secure relationship and also loosened for adjustment relative to the guide slots.