Contour-follower for machine tools for woodworking to copy the profile of flat panels with irregular plan view (profiled panels)

摘要

This contour-follower is of particular importance in woodworking, where it is necessary to copy the profile of contoured panels without interrupting the continuity. This contour-follower is able to provide for both guidance of the machine tool connected to it and a reference for the tools or devices, all of this without the help of guiding contours or computerised systems CNC. The contour-follower is composed of a body A whose contact surface D is located on the same axis of rotation C as the contour-follower A and is parallel to it, the contour-follower has fitted onto the side opposite the surface D an angular positioning device G which will arrange to control the machine tool connected to the contour-follower A so as to make it and the contour- follower trace the contour of the panel B. IMAGE