Abstract: A lathe head (work rotating device) and lathe tail stock (when required) are mounted on the table of a conventional numeric control milling machine. A tool holder and support are secured fixedly to a part of the stationary bed of the milling machine. The part to be machined is clamped in the lathe chuck and rotated by the lathe head. The mill table is programmed to move the work piece relative to the stationary tool in the required directions for machining.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 7, 1976
Date of Patent:
November 15, 1977
Assignee:
Still-Walter Tool & Manufacturing Company
Inventors:
Joe Delano Smith, David Daniel McCall, James Alexander Kyzer