Crankshaft miller and method of use thereof

Abstract

A crankshaft miller includes a pair of work heads for supporting both ends of a work, a cutter unit for processing the work and a work rest for supporting the work during processing. The cutter unit and the work rest are provided separately, but are coupled by a separable link mechanism for moving the work rest together with the cutter unit as necessary. A method of use of a crankshaft miller includes the steps of providing a pair of movable work heads for supporting both ends of the work, a cutter unit for processing the work and the work rest for supporting the work during processing. The cutter unit and the work rest are provided separately, but coupled by a separable link mechanism so that the work rest can be moved together with the cutter unit as necessary. Indexing of the work rest is performed with coupling the cutter unit and the work rest, indexing of the cutter unit is performed by separating the work rest and the cutter unit, and subsequently, processing of the work by the cutter unit is performed.

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