Patent ID: 8167013

Claim:
A locking component for locking a clamping component to a moveable base on a wood working machine, said moveable base having first and second surfaces, a counterbore formed therein through the first surface, a coaxial bore adjoining the counterbore and extending therefrom to the moveable base's second surface and a support surface in the counterbore surrounding the coaxial bore, said locking component comprising a locking component body, the locking component body having a cylindrical head having a substantially flat top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface defining a shoulder and being sized and shaped to be received in said counterbore to engage the surrounding support surface in the counterbore, said locking component body also having an externally threaded portion extending from said head sized and shaped to pass freely through the coaxial bore in said moveable base and threadably engage the clamping component, a continuous unthreaded axial through bore formed in and extending entirely through both the cylindrical head and the externally threaded portion of the locking component body for receiving a threaded fastener having a threaded shank and a head adapted to engage the substantially flat top surface of said cylindrical head, said axial through bore in said locking component body being sized and shaped to allow the threaded shank of the threaded fastener to pass therethrough freely, and driving features formed in said axial through bore of the locking component body for use in driving the locking component body into and out of threaded engagement with the clamping component for securing the clamping component to the moveable base.