Patent ID: 9352396
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B23B,B23Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A lathe comprising: a plurality of turret positions, at least one turret position having a toolholder, a pair of relatively spaced blades secured to an end of said toolholder, said toolholder is structured to assume a first fixed position with a first said blade machining a workpiece rotating in a first direction and a second fixed position with a second said blade machining the workpiece rotating in a second direction, a longitudinal axis of said toolholder in the first fixed position being generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of said toolholder in the second fixed position, and wherein when the pair of blades are secured to the toolholder, a bottom surface of the first blade has at least a portion positioned across from and facing at least a portion of a bottom surface of the second blade.