Lathe work piece support tool
AssigneeCarter Products Company, Inc.
InventorsLeland T. Perez, Jeffery S. Folkert
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Abstract
An adjustable lathe mounting system 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 lathe mounting system 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.
Claims20
An adjustable lathe mounting system for a 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 lathe mounting system comprises:
- an adjustable base releasably attached to the lathe bed and longitudinally adjustable along a length of 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 adjustable 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.
An adjustable lathe mounting system for 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 a work piece is attached to the headstock spindle, the lathe mounting system 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 a lateral position of the way spacers within the slotted way of the lathe bed to match the predetermined width of the slotted way in the lathe bed.
An adjustable lathe mounting system for 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 a work piece is attached to the headstock spindle, the lathe mounting system comprising:
- an adjustable base releasably attached to the lathe bed and longitudinally adjustable along a length of the lathe bed, wherein the base has a pair of laterally extending slots extending therethrough and a pair of way spacers adjustably attached to the adjustable base through the pair of laterally extending slots to adjust the lateral position of the pair of way spacers within the slotted way of the lathe bed to match the predetermined width of the slotted way in the lathe bed;
- a way spacer bolt extending through each of the pair of laterally extending slots and threadedly received within each of the way spacers;
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- a locking plate received in the slotted way that has an upper surface that engages and is secured against a lower surface of the slotted way via a locking plate bolt extending through the adjustable base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.