- 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...
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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...
- 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...
- In machining, a
metal lathe or
metalworking lathe is a
large class of
lathes designed for
precisely machining relatively hard materials. They were originally...
- A
turret lathe is a form of
metalworking lathe that is used for
repetitive production of
duplicate parts,
which by the
nature of
their cutting process...
-
metalworking and woodworking, an
automatic lathe is a
lathe with an
automatically controlled cutting process.
Automatic lathes were
first developed in the 1870s...
- and has the
ability to set up
tools such as
milling machines, grinders,
lathes, and
drilling machines.[clarification needed] A
competent machinist should...
- A ****-cutting
lathe is a
machine (specifically, a
lathe)
capable of
cutting very
accurate ****
threads via single-point ****-cutting,
which is the...
- Bowker. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-8352-3288-3. Watson, Ian (March 1975). "Le Guin's
Lathe of
Heaven and the Role of ****: The
False Reality as Mediator". Science...
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lathe was used for
making ornamental patterns on the
plates used in
printing bank
notes and
postage stamps. It is
sometimes called a guilloché
lathe....
