Patent ID: 7316173
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: B23B,B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pivoting lathe bed extension for a conventional lathe comprising of a stationary section and a rotatable section; said stationary section is mechanically connected to a longitudinal end of a lathe bed on a tailstock end of said lathe bed with a pivot shaft extending from said stationary section with its axis parallel to said lathe bed upon which said rotatable section can pivot; said rotatable section is fitted with a hole upon which it can pivotally rotate in a vertical plane about said pivot shaft extending from said stationary section; said rotatable section is further constructed with two sets of ways, primary and secondary, which are parallel to and substantially similar to ways of said lathe bed to which said pivoting lathe bed extension is affixed; the normal planes of said primary and secondary ways are perpendicular to each other and said normal planes of said primary and secondary ways are also equal distance from and parallel to said axis of the hole in which said rotatable section may pivot about said pivot shaft; said rotatable section may be rotated so that either said primary or secondary ways align with said ways on said lathe bed to which said pivoting lathe bed extension is affixed.