Lathe tool

A lathe tool for use on a lathe having a generally horizontal bed, clamping means mounted on said horizontal bed and having a pair of spaced-apart clamping surfaces, and means for supporting a workpiece above the bed for rotation about an axis generally parallel to said bed, said lathe tool comprising:

• mounting means including a longitudinally-extending body portion and an L-shaped mounting member having a longitudinal portion secured to said body portion of said lathe tool and a transverse portion extending away from both said body portion and said longitudinal portion and extending generally toward said clamping means, said longitudinal portion and said transverse portion each having two spaced-apart generally parallel surfaces adapted for engagement between said clamping means, said parallel surfaces on each of said longitudinal and transverse portions further being adapted to be engaged by said clamping means at varying locations on said parallel surfaces in order to allow adjustment of the angular orientation of the mounting member relative to said clamping means and relative to said workpieces;
• tool holding means connected to said body portion for reciprocable movement relative thereto, and means for reciprocably moving said tool holding means relative to said body portion toward and away from the workpiece;
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• an end of said transverse portion oriented away from said body portion having a generally vertical inner face sloping generally away from said clamping means in order to allow said adjustment of said angular orientation, one of said longitudinal and transverse portions being rotated toward said clamping means and the other of said longitudinal and transverse portions being rotated away from said clamping means when said angular orientation is adjusted.