Patent ID: 7607872

Claim:
A machine tool for removing flashing from interior surfaces of a cavity in a valve component, said tool comprising a platform, a positioning fixture on a top surface of the platform for positioning said valve component on the platform, the positioning fixture including a protrusion receivable in a recess in said valve component so as to position the valve component in a position in which said interior surfaces of the cavity in the valve component are spaced laterally outward from an edge of the platform, a clamp on the platform movable from a retracted position to an engaging position for clamping the valve component against the fixture, a cutting tool having a rotatable cutting head spaced laterally outward from said edge of the platform a predetermined distance from said positioning fixture for cutting the flashing from said interior surfaces of said cavity in said valve component, said platform being movable downward from an upper position to bring said cutting head into cutting engagement with said valve component to remove said flashing from the valve component and being movable back to said upper position after said flashing has been removed.