Patent ID: 9623526
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B23B,B23Q,B27C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A work piece support rest for turning a work piece on 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 the work piece is attached to the headstock spindle and wherein the support rest comprises: an adjustable base releasably attached to the lathe bed and adjustable along the length of the slotted way; a locking plate received in the slotted way, the locking plate being releasably restrained by a locking plate bolt extending through the adjustable base 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; and 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.