Patent ID: 8353095

Claim:
A drill press lathe attachment for attachment to a drill press and for turning a workpiece about a horizontal axis, said drill press lathe attachment comprising: a base which may be securely fastened to a drill press bed via means for attaching the base to the drill press bed, said base having a ways formed thereupon on which a cutting tool may be slideably positioned; a power transfer box at one end of said base, said power transfer box having an input shaft linked by one or more gears to a spindle for turning the workpiece about the horizontal axis, said input shaft capable of engagement with a drill press chuck and receiving rotational forces therefrom so as to rotate about a vertical axis, said one or more gears capable of transmitting said rotational forces from said input shaft to said spindle to thereby rotate said spindle and the workpiece about said horizontal axis; and one or more linkages extending from said spindle to provide selectably controlled movement of said cutting tool horizontally along said ways at a predetermined rate proportional to the rotational speed of said input shaft.