Patent ID: 11958120
Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLC
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A method of working a surface of a workpiece comprising:
inserting a bar between a first side and a second side of a channel defined in a worktable;
providing at least one spacer member on a first side of the bar, wherein the at least one spacer member is located within a slot defined in the first side of the bar and wherein the at least one spacer member includes an outer wall which is convexly curved, a first wall which meets a first end of the outer wall at a first corner, a second wall which meets a second end of the outer wall at a second corner, wherein the first wall and second wall angle inwardly and rearwardly away from the first corner and the second corner and towards one another, and an inner wall which extends between the first wall and the second wall, wherein the outer wall, the first wall, the second wall, and the inner wall bound and define a central space, and wherein the inner wall is located within the slot and the outer wall extending at least partially outwardly from the slot and beyond the first side of the bar, wherein the outer wall is movable relative to the inner wall and thereby relative to the first side of the bar between a first position and a second position;
applying a force to the first side of the channel with the outer wall of the at least one spacer member;
holding the second side of the bar in contact with the second side of the channel;
operatively engaging a workpiece with the bar;
moving the bar longitudinally within the channel while holding the second side of the bar in contact with the second side of the channel;
contacting the workpiece with a working element on the worktable; and
working a surface on the workpiece with the working element.