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  • Thumbnail for Lathe
    A lathe (/leɪð/) is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling...
    42 KB (5,737 words) - 03:56, 31 October 2024
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    In machining, a metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials. They were originally...
    35 KB (5,055 words) - 14:48, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rose engine lathe
    A rose engine lathe is a specialized kind of geometric lathe. The head stock rocks back and forth with a rocking motion and/or slides along the spindle...
    3 KB (395 words) - 16:26, 27 December 2023
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    lathed object is a 3D model whose vertex geometry is produced by rotating the points of a spline or other point set around a fixed axis. The lathing may...
    1 KB (175 words) - 09:19, 7 April 2023
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    Turning (category Lathes)
    a traditional form of lathe, which frequently requires continuous supervision by the operator, or by using an automated lathe which does not. Today the...
    15 KB (2,047 words) - 08:45, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lathe dog
    A lathe dog is a mechanical device typically made of cast iron, steel or aluminum that transmits rotary motion from a faceplate to a workpiece mounted...
    3 KB (408 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pole lathe
    A pole lathe, also known as a springpole lathe, is a wood-turning lathe that uses the resilience of a long pole as a return spring for a treadle. Pressing...
    4 KB (639 words) - 21:48, 12 May 2023
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    Woodturning (redirect from Turner's lathe)
    using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation. Like the potter's wheel, the wood lathe is a mechanism...
    32 KB (4,709 words) - 09:03, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lathe center
    A lathe center, often shortened to center, is a tool that has been ground to a point to accurately position a workpiece on an axis. They usually have...
    8 KB (1,068 words) - 06:04, 9 June 2024
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    motion against the tool. Lathes are the principal machine tool used in turning. Boring involves the machining of an internal surface of a hole to increase...
    21 KB (2,763 words) - 21:06, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chuck (engineering)
    drill, a mill and a transmission, a chuck holds the rotating tool; in a lathe, it holds the rotating workpiece. Chucks commonly use jaws to hold the tool...
    33 KB (4,302 words) - 06:05, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Surface roughness
    describe repetitive roughness profiles, such as those produced by turning on a lathe. Other "frequency" parameters are Sm, λ {\displaystyle \lambda } a and λ...
    35 KB (3,727 words) - 11:06, 6 November 2024
  • are not labeled by the term "facing." Facing on the lathe uses a facing tool to cut a flat surface perpendicular to the work piece's rotational axis. A...
    3 KB (464 words) - 03:28, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Speeds and feeds
    desired surface speed (sfm or m/min) and incorporating the diameter (of workpiece or cutter). The spindle may hold the: Material (as in a Lathe chuck)...
    31 KB (4,312 words) - 20:36, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boring (manufacturing)
    builders. Lathe boring is a cutting operation that uses a single-point cutting tool or a boring head to produce conical or cylindrical surfaces by enlarging...
    13 KB (1,910 words) - 14:43, 21 January 2024
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    Producing surfaces perpendicular to the workpiece axis is called facing. Producing surfaces using both radial and axial feeds is called profiling. A lathe is...
    39 KB (4,691 words) - 21:41, 29 October 2024
  • Straight line engine turning (category Lathes)
    patterns on a surface. The engraving may be referred to as Guilloché, which also encompasses patterns created with the rose engine lathe. Where the rose...
    1 KB (125 words) - 18:06, 13 December 2023
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    and has the ability to set up tools such as milling machines, grinders, lathes, and drilling machines.[clarification needed] A competent machinist should...
    14 KB (1,683 words) - 00:45, 11 November 2024
  • in feet-per-minute as the spindle of a milling machine or lathe. 1 SFM equals 0.00508 surface meter per second (meter per second, or m/s, is the SI unit...
    3 KB (407 words) - 00:41, 19 June 2024
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    can be a pair of flat surfaces designed to allow motion; e.g., a drawer and the slides it rests on or the ways on the bed of a lathe. Plain bearings, in...
    36 KB (3,613 words) - 22:21, 3 August 2024
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