Turret lathe with a clutch for operating between chamfering and turning operation modes

A turret lathe comprising:

• a bed having two opposite ends;
• a headstock mounted on one of said opposite ends of said bed;
• a driving unit mounted on said bed;
• a spindle journalled to said headstock and driven by said driving unit to rotate about a rotation axis;
• a chuck mounted on said spindle;
• a first slide mounted slidably on the other of said opposite ends of said bed and slidable toward and away from said chuck in a longitudinal direction parallel to said rotation axis;
• a second slide mounted slidably on said first slide and slidable toward and away from said rotation axis in a transverse direction relative to said longitudinal direction;
• a tailstock mounted on said second slide;
• a driven shaft journalled to said tailstock;
• a turret mounted on said driven shaft so as to co-rotate therewith, disposed between said chuck and said tailstock, and adapted to permit mounting of a plurality of tools thereon;
• a transmission unit associated with said spindle and said driven shaft;
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• a clutch that is associated with said transmission unit and said spindle and that is operable between a chamfering operation mode, in which said transmission unit interconnects said spindle and said driven shaft through said clutch, thereby permitting co-rotation of said spindle and said driven shaft, and a turning operation mode, in which said spindle is disconnected from said driven shaft, thereby avoiding rotation of said driven shaft when said spindle rotates.