Multi-purpose lathe

Claim 1

A MULTI-PURPOSE LATHE COMPRISING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FRAME HAVING A HEADSTOCK FIXED TO, AND UPSTANDING FROM ONE END, A TAIL PIECE FIXED TO AND UPSTANDING FROM THE OTHER END, A TAIL STOCK LONGITUDINAL SLIDABLE ON SAID FRAME BETWEEN SAID HEADSTOCK AND TAIL PIECE, THE SPINDLE OF SAID HEADSTOCK AND THE CENTRE OF SAID TAIL STOCK BEING ALIGNED WITH EACH OTHER, PARALLEL TO, AND ABOVE, SAID FRAME, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTED ALONGSIDE SAID FRAME, THE SHAFT THEREOF BEING PARALLEL TO AND SPACED FROM SAID SPINDLE AND DRIVINGLY CONNECTED THERETO BY BELT AND PULLEY MEANS, A DOUBLE ENDED DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FRAME AND ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HEADSTOCK AND TAIL PIECE, ONE TERMINAL END OF SAID SHAFT PROJECTING BEYOND THE OUTSIDE OF SAID HEADSTOCK, AND THE OTHER TERMINAL END OF SAID SHAFT PROJECTING BEYOND THE OUTSIDE OF SAID TAIL PIECE, POWER TRAIN MEANS, INCLUDING A CLUTCH, DRIVINGLY CONNECTING SAID SPINDLE TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR ROTATING THE SAME, A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PINS ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID HEADSTOCK AND TAIL PIECE, PARALLEL TO THE TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, AND A PLURALITY OF WOOD WORKING TOOL ATTACHMENT, EACH HAVING APERTURES FOR RECEIVING SAID PINS AND DRIVE ELEMENTS SOCKETED TO RECEIVE, AND BE DRIVEN BY, A TERMINAL END OF SAID SHAFT, WHEREBY SAID LATHE IS USEABLE FOR LATHING OR FOR DRIVING ONE OF SAID TOOL ATTACHMENTS AT THE HEADSTOCK END OR FOR DRIVING ONE OF SAID TOOL ATTACHMENTS AT THE TAIL PIECE END.