Patent ID: 7422398

Claim:
An apparatus for delivering a static tool to a position located inside a workpiece to be machined, the tool for machining at least one surface inside of the workpiece, the tool operable in combination with a computer controlled machine having at least one axially movable drive spindle, comprising: a tool body having at least one cutter and an aperture adapted for receiving the axially movable drive spindle of the computer controlled machine; a carriage for releasibly supporting the tool body for movement between a home position, where the tool body is spaced from coaxial alignment with the axially movable drive spindle of the computer controlled machine, and a ready position, where the aperture of the tool body is in a coaxially aligned position with respect to the axially movable drive spindle of the computer controlled machine; and a drive for moving the carriage between the home position and the ready position.