Patent ID: 7980160
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for use with a lathe with a headstock hole comprising: a set of jaw extension members having an inboard end supported from a face of a master chuck jaw coupled to a lathe chuck and an outboard end, the set of jaw extension members being operable to grip an outer surface of a part having an outer diameter greater than the headstock hole; and a clamping assembly operable to clamp around the outboard end, wherein the outboard end includes a tab, wherein each of the jaw extension members includes an extension arm having a base adapted to have coupled thereto an inboard machineable soft jaw and an outboard machineable soft jaw, wherein the outboard machineable soft jaw includes the tab, and wherein a bottom surface of the inboard machineable soft jaw forms an inboard shoulder to abut thereto an end of the part.