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Abstract

A portable lathe includes a bed, a removable headstock and a removable slidable fixable tailstock. The bed has a horizontal plane surface and a vertical plane surface at one end thereof. The horizontal surface has a central longitudinal guide way therethrough. The vertical surface has a plurality of bed holes horizontally disposed therethrough. The headstock has a plurality of first headstock holes horizontally disposed therethrough. The first headstock holes are equal in number to and aligned with the bed holes. The headstock has a plurality of second headstock holes horizontally disposed therethrough. A second headstock hole is adjacent each first headstock hole. A push bolt is associated with each first headstock hole, and the free end of the push bolt bears on the vertical surface. A pull bolt is associated with each second headstock hole and bed hole. The tailstock includes a locking mechanism and an alignment mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a locking plate, a cam wedge, a cam lock arm, and a nut, all of which are disposed on a bolt which vertically extends through the base of the tailstock. The arm is movable between two positions, a lock position and an unlocked position. The alignment mechanism is a guide bar which is an oblong member, is freely slidable in the guide way and is attached to a base of the tailstock.

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