Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and improved modification for converting a drill press into a wood lathe. Further, the present invention relates to an adaption kit for the modification of a conventional drill press into a general-purpose wood lathe. A drill press is modified for use as a wood lathe useful for shaping wood stock with a shaping tool. A driving spur is affixed to the chuck of the drill press for engaging one end of the wood stock. An adapter plate is affixed to the platform of the drill press. A tailstock is removably attached to the adapter plate for engagement of the opposite end of the wood stock. A tool rest is affixed to the adapter plate for use with a shaping tool.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for roughening or otherwise changing the gasket face of a bolt-like header plug. This apparatus utilizes a cutting or etching tool that cuts into the originally flat gasket face. A threaded shank formed by a lathe or other screw cutting machine extends from the face and is not useable for modifying the face. Roughening or otherwise modifying of the gasket face is in the form of grooves cut into the face so as to increase the sealing effect of the header plug when in use.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a machining tool on a robot arm is disclosed having first and second support members with the second support member attached to the first support member by torsion bar elements so as to be movable with respect to the first member about an axis in a single degree of freedom. The first support member is attached to the end of the robot arm and the machining tool is attached to the second support member.The torsion bar element interconnecting the first and second support members has end portions larger than a connecting portion extending between them. One end portion is fixedly attached to one of the support members and the other end portion is fixedly attached to the other support member. The torsion bar elements are generally cylindrical in configuration and are dimensioned such that the diameters of the end portions are between seven and ten times the diameter of the connecting portion.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is directed to onsite repair of vehicle front axle steering components. The apparatus includes a pair of generally mirror-image members coupled by linear bearings and locking device which secure them to the ends of the axle. A first drive assembly provides rotary power to a boring bar which extends between the members and through the eye of the axle and a second drive assembly advances the boring bar axially along the eye. The mirror-image members accept pairs of an assortment of collars which adapt the apparatus to various sizes of eye diameters and corresponding boring bar sizes. The method includes the steps of selecting appropriate pairs of collars and a boring bar, positioning the members on the axle, tightening the apparatus to the axle and making appropriate cutting passes, typically a rough and finish cut, through the eye of the axle.

Abstract: A drilling stand has an axially extending guide column with a U- or C-shaped transverse cross-section forming an interior space in which a carriage is guided for movement in the axial direction. A drilling unit is mounted on the carriage and includes a drive member supported on the carriage within the interior space and a receiving part forming a holder for a drilling tool, connected to the drive member and projecting laterally outwardly from the guide column.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing large gears by performing all steps required on a single vertical boring mill without removing the gear blank from the rotary table of the mill.

Abstract: A drilling monitor employs laser optics and an associated signal processing device to provide intelligent control capable of making the optimum decision to maintain hole quality and maximize drill life during the drilling of via holes in a circuit board. Twist angle, bending and temperature of the drill are monitored and the drill motor and/or the board is controlled accordingly in response to present data being compared to preprogrammed acceptable standardized data.

Abstract: A novel machining center having a plurality of tools, including adjustable tools incorporating an externally accessible rotatable socket for fine-adjusting the tool bit thereon; a tool drive for actuating each tool; a storage device for storing a plurality of tools, at least one of which is one of the adjustable tools, the storage device being operable to move the tools between first and second positions; an automatic tool changer for transporting a tool in both directions between said first position and the tool drive; a powered wrench engagable with said socket on an adjustable tool disposed in said second position; a numerical controller for controlling the operations of said machining center; and a technique for inputing to the control means information as to the identity of a given adjustable tool requiring adjustment and the amount of adjustment desired, said powered wrench being actuatable to engage said socket of said given adjustable tool in response to said information when the given tool is in said

Abstract: A method of forming a cavity of a desired three-dimensional contour in a workpiece utilizes two steps of machining operation. In the first step (a), a multiplicity of holes are mechanically drilled in the workpiece substantially all over but within a three-dimensional region which is destined to constitute the cavity and which is bounded by a programmed outline corresponding to the desired three-dimensional contour whereby only a minimum of stock is left unmachined in the workpiece within the region.

Abstract: A kit for assembling a toolbox adapted for installation in the back of a pickup truck, the kit containing: a preassembled upper section, an unassembled lower section, and fasteners for fastening the upper section to the lower section, when assembled. The interrelatable parts of the unassembled lower section include: a bottom panel, a pair of end panels, a pair of side panels, and four locking members. The end and side panels carry tabs for interconnecting with corresponding slots on the bottom panel. Adjacent side edges of the end and side panels have abutting locking channels which are slidingly interlocked by the locking members.

Abstract: A tool holder has compliance features that allow a hole to be drilled at high tolerances by a remote controlled control arm. The holes are drilled in a workpiece that has a template secured over it with guide holes for positioning the holes to be drilled. A self-feeding drill of the type that will simultaneously rotate and advance a drill bit is mounted in a support. A sleeve is carried at the forward end of the support for enclosing the drill bit. An index carriage moves the support forwardly into the guide hole after the control arm has substantially aligned the sleeve with the guide hole. Compliance mechanisms in the support allow the entire drill, drill bit and sleeve to move as a unit a limited amount parallel to and angularly with respect to the template and the indexing carriage, to allow advancement of the sleeve into the guide hole even though there may have been initial misalignment. The compliance mechanisms preferably include an inner guide member mounted within an outer guide member.

Abstract: A universal type machine tool has a horizontal bed which, via a turnable intermediate slide, supports a rectangular work table, the slide being displaceable along the bed. A vertical column, displaceable along a bed perpendicular to the first bed has a second intermediate slide displaceable along the column and turnable around a horizontal axis. Its turnable portion carries a rectangular plate along which a foot plate for a drive unit is longitudinally displaceable. The foot plate supports a drive unit turnable around a horizontal axis and adapted alternatively to rotate a tool or a workpiece.

Abstract: A turret type machine tool indexable to selected positions with a plurality of identical tools supported in each of the indexed positions to work on a like number of rotatable workpieces. The tool carrying turret is indexable about an axis located in the same plane as the axes of rotation of the workpieces. The turret is movable in a vertical plane between working and nonworking positions on bearings which are symmetrically disposed relative to the plane so that tool loads at the workpieces are distributed to the remainder of the machine symmetrically relative to the same common plane.

Abstract: Drilling and screwing machine intended more particularly for fitting door-hinge plates or like hardwares on pieces of joinery or similar elements, this machine comprising in the known fashion: a pivoting assembly consisting of a table supporting on one side a drilling head and on the other side a screwing head, an electric motor for rotatably driving said heads, a cylinder and piston unit of which the piston-rod supports said table, and means for retaining in position the piece of joinery which are secured to the front face of the machine base structure, said means consisting of a system comprising two tables adjustable, one about an horizontal axis and the other vertically, said machine being characterized in that it comprises on the other hand a box-shaped base structure (1) in which the main cylinder and piston unit (5) is enclosed with its piston-rod (2) extending vertically through an aperture (50) formed in the top (53) of said box-shaped base structure, means being also provided for moving and guiding

Abstract: A drilling machine comprises a ram movable up and down on a carriage slidably mounted on a horizontal crossrail. A toolhead is mounted on the bottom end of the ram for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis at right angles with the crossrail and is pivoted to a desired angular position by a first drive shaft within the ram via bevel gearing. Rotatably mounted in the toolhead for rotation about an axis lying in a vertical plane is a toolholder which rigidly supports a drill and which is driven from a second drive shaft within the ram via bevel gearings. Preferably, the machine further comprises a rack-and-pinion mechanism driven from the second drive shaft for securely but releasably locking a turning tool at the bottom end of the ram, so that the machine can be used also for turning operation as a workpiece is rotated on a turntable. This turntable is of course held stationary during drilling operation.

Abstract: A machine tool having a tool magazine containing a plurality of tools which can be conveyed into a working or reference position by movement of the tool magazine. The tools are disposed in the magazine in the form of a matrix having rows and columns. The tool magazine is traversed in the direction of the columns and rows into a number of positions corresponding to the number of columns and rows to facilitate a movement of each tool into a position of use.

Abstract: An accessory for riveting machines, replacing the conventional lower anvil, which permits both the top and bottom exposed surfaces of a laminated assembly to be countersunk and flush riveted. It includes a selectively and sequentially engageable sheet clamping means, countersinking means, rivet anvil, and rivet squeezing means.