Lathe work piece support tool
AssigneeCarter Products Company, Inc.
InventorsLeland T. Perez, Jeffery S. Folkert
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Abstract
A work piece support rest is provided for turning a work piece on a rotating lathe having a lathe bed, headstock, and a headstock spindle, where the work piece is attached to the headstock spindle. The support rest includes an adjustable base releasably attached to the slotted way of the bed via a locking plate and a pair of laterally adjustable way spacers moveable within a laterally extending slot that engage each side of the slotted way. A multi-piece outer ring is releasably attached to the adjustable base. A plurality of roller slides are releasably and adjustably attached to the outer ring, such that each of the roller slides extends radially inwardly and has a roller disposed at an inward distal end thereof for supporting the work piece.
Claims23
A work piece support rest for turning a work piece on a rotating lathe comprising a lathe bed having a slotted way of a predetermined width having a pair of opposed sides and a length, a headstock, and a headstock spindle, wherein the work piece is attached to the headstock spindle and wherein the support rest comprises;
- an adjustable base releasably attached to the lathe bed, the adjustable base having a locking plate received in the slotted way releasably restrained by a locking plate bolt so as to facilitate attachment of the adjustable base along the length of the slotted way;
- a laterally extending slot having a predetermined length extending through the adjustable base, the length of the laterally extending slot extending across the width of the slotted way;
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- a pair of laterally adjustable way spacers releasably attached to the base through the laterally extending slot to adjust the lateral position of the way spacers within the slotted way of the lathe bed to engage either side of the width of the slotted way in the lathe bed.
A work piece support rest for turning a work piece on a rotating lathe having a lathe bed, headstock, headstock spindle, wherein the work piece is attached to the headstock spindle, the support rest comprising:
- an adjustable base releasably attached to the lathe bed, wherein the base has laterally extending slots extending therethrough and way spacers adjustably attached to the base through the laterally extending slots to adjust the lateral position of the way spacers within the slotted way of the lathe bed to match the width of the slotted way in the lathe bed;
- an outer ring releasably attached to the adjustable base;
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- a plurality of roller slides releasably and adjustably attached to the outer ring, each of the roller slides extending radially inwardly and having a roller disposed at a inward distal end thereof for supporting the work piece.
A method of supporting a work piece on a rotating lathe comprising a lathe bed having a slotted way of a predetermined width having a pair of opposed sides and a length, a headstock, and a headstock spindle, wherein the work piece is attached to the headstock spindle, the method comprising the steps of;
- releasably attaching an adjustable base to the lathe bed, the adjustable base having a locking plate received in the slotted way releasably restrained by a locking plate bolt so as to facilitate attachment of the adjustable base along the length of the slotted way;
- providing a laterally extending slot having a predetermined length extending through the adjustable base, the length of the slot extending across the width of the slotted way;
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- releasably attaching a pair of laterally adjustable way spacers to the base through the laterally extending slot to adjust the lateral position of the way spacers within the slotted way of the lathe bed to engage either side of the width of the slotted way in the lathe bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.