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Abstract

A machine for cutting a cope or kuda in the end of a log has a base member that is secured to a longitudinal side of the log. A support member is attached to the base member. A sleeve is associated with the support member, and an elongate shaft extends longitudinally through an elongate opening through the sleeve. A router is attached to the elongate shaft near one end of the shaft. The sleeve is pivotally mounted to the support member so that the longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft that extends through the sleeve can be set to any desired, acute angle of up to 90 degrees with the longitudinal axis of the log. The shaft can be moved longitudinally back and forth through the sleeve, and the shaft can also rotate about its longitudinal axis. This allows the router to be moved back and forth over the end of the log to cut an incurved, cylindrical cut into the end of the log, with the axis of the cylindrical cut being set at any desired degree of slope relative to the longitudinal axis of the log.

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