Lathe
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English: A lathe, in woodworking and metalworking, is a machine tool which spins a block of material so that when abrasive or cutting tools are applied to the block, it can be shaped to produce an object which has rotational symmetry about an axis of rotation.
Français : Un tour (machine-outil), dans le travail du bois et des métaux, est une machine-outil qui fait tourner un bloc de matériau de sorte que lorsque des outils abrasifs ou coupants sont appliqués sur le bloc, il peut être façonné pour produire un objet qui a une symétrie de rotation autour d'un axe de rotation.
Types of lathes
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Small precision lathe.
History
[edit]- Contemporary images of old lathes
- Types of lathes (in historical order of source)
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15th century -
19th century -
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1883 -
1889 -
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1946
- Lathes in operation (in historical order of source)
- See also Category:Lathe operators
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1778 -
1849 -
1889 -
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1940s -
Lathe operator machining, 1942 -
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2012
Lathe topics
[edit]Lathe construction elements
[edit]- Overview
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Lathe with numbers for legend. -
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- Example, conventional lathe
- Example, the Hwacheon center lathe
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Hwacheon center lathe, 460m swing x 1000mm b/w centers -
carriage area with legend of Hwacheon Center lathe -
tailstock area with legend of Hwacheon Center lathe -
headstock area with legend of Hwacheon Center lathe
Lathe tools
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live and dead centers -
Diamond knurling tool -
example of work from a knurling tool -
Close-up shot of a diamond knurl
Lathe products
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machine swarf (turnings) -
Turned chess pieces -
Product of lathe exercise
See also
[edit]Lathe feed pitch table : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Tekinimo_stakles_%22Praktika%22%2C_modelis_CUT-4.jpg[dead link] Lithuanian made lathe "Praktika" SUT-4
