Advantages of the Burgess Edge

The Future of Edgebanding

A. The Burgess Edge is the only bit available for edgebanding that features bearings that follow the material being edgebanded. This feature eliminates the need to handle awkward plywood pieces because the router is used freehand instead of in a router table.

B. The Burgess Edge is the only edgebanding router bit that can easily be used to edgeband curves.

C. The bearings on both the infill and the plywood bit index the material being shaped ensuring mistake free operation.

The invention is a matched set of router bits, which make the onerous task of edge-banding plywood quicker, easier and less expensive for the following reasons.

1. This method is inexpensive, requiring only a pair of router bits rather than a dedicated machine. Edgebanding machines run into thousands of dollars; these bits sell for under $200.

2. This method uses real wood so that the edge of the plywood can match, in species and color, the wood being used in other places, such as the face frame of a cabinet.

3. The Burgess Edge uses wood that is normally scrapped ripping for an infill, so that additional expense for materials can be minimized.

4. The cabinetmaker does not need to keep supplies of edging in multiple species in stock, taking up space and locking up capital. He/she avoids the inconvenience and delay associated with ordering supplies.

5. The setup is quick and easy for anyone of ordinary skill who has had experience with the operation of a router. The optimum approach is to set up two routers at the beginning of a project that can be used repeatedly as the need arises.

6. The design of the router bits gives enough flexibility to allow for various thicknesses in plywood, and for various edge appearances.

7. Because the bearings follow both the top and bottom of the plywood, the veneer that is not cut out by the bit can approach a knife-edge, resulting in a finished appearance that resembles the edge of a natural board.

8. The mating of the plywood edge and the matching insert is self-aligning.

9. The shapes given to the mating surfaces of the wood increases the surface area of those mating surfaces. This results in a stronger and more durable glue bond than with a flat joint.

10. The line that results from the union of the wood edging and the plywood occurs very close to or on the corner of the two materials. Hence that line is disguised.

11. The meeting of the two materials occurs on the edge instead of on the surface of the material being edged and is thus less subject to physical damage.