Patent ID: 8387493

Claim:
A lathe comprising: (b) a headstock with a drivable rotatable chuck providing a spindle axis; (c) a tailstock mounted opposite the headstock along the spindle axis; (d) a carriage adapted to move longitudinally between the headstock and tailstock, the carriage adapted to hold a tool bit for operating on a rotating workpiece; and (e) a modular lathe bed track system including (i) a base; (ii) two bed tracks that are removably attached to the base and extend under the headstock, carriage, and tailstock, and each include a shaped upper track surface, an accessory slot formed between an upper portion of the bed track and an accessory ledge, the accessory ledge having a downward-facing surface; (iii) first and second end blocks positioned at first and second ends of the modular lathe bed track system separating the two bed tracks; (iv) a first repositionable machine mounting block assembly supporting the headstock and resting on the two bed tracks, and comprising a machine mounting block having two slots shaped to match the bed track upper track surfaces, a sliding lock block attached to the machine mounting block and positioned under the machine mounting block and adapted to move against the accessory ledge downward-facing surface in a manner to stabilize the machine mounting block, a sliding lock bar provided in a recess formed in the sliding lock block, and at least one locking bolt positioned to enable pressure to be applied from the sliding lock bar on the ledge downward-facing surface; (v) a second machine mounting block assembly supporting the tailstock; and (vi) a third machine mounting block assembly supporting the carriage.