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 (5,075 words) - 21:49, 12 December 2024
about that axis. Lathes are used in woodturning, metalworking, metal spinning, thermal spraying, reclamation, and glass-working. Lathes can be used to shape...
43 KB (5,799 words) - 22:08, 12 December 2024
Jacques de Vaucanson (category Lathes)
and artist who built the first all-metal lathe. This invention was crucial for the Industrial Revolution. The lathe is known as the mother of machine tools...
14 KB (1,486 words) - 01:31, 25 October 2024
a Spirograph, in metal. No other ornamental lathe can produce these "rose" patterns. The decoration produced by a rose engine lathe is called guilloche...
3 KB (393 words) - 21:38, 13 November 2024
a CNC lathe. The metal spinning trade is one that dates back to antiquity and was a skill used in the Ancient Egyptian era. This is when metal spinning...
7 KB (988 words) - 13:32, 3 July 2024
Metalworking (redirect from Metal working)
piece. Frequently used to allow grip by hand on a metal part. Modern computer numerical control (CNC) lathes and (CNC) machining centres can do secondary operations...
39 KB (4,691 words) - 07:58, 17 November 2024
Henry Maudslay (section Screw cutting lathe)
foundation for the Industrial Revolution. Maudslay's invention of a metal lathe to cut metal, circa 1800, enabled the manufacture of standard screw thread sizes...
18 KB (2,221 words) - 14:40, 25 November 2024
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 (1,651 words) - 20:39, 19 December 2024
Unimat (category Lathes)
distinctive as the same major components could be re-arranged into either a lathe or milling machine. It covers a range of commercially sold machines intended...
3 KB (323 words) - 05:03, 3 December 2024
has one main spindle. Examples of spindles include On a lathe (whether wood lathe or metal lathe), the spindle is the heart of the headstock. In rotating-cutter...
6 KB (667 words) - 03:17, 17 April 2024
postage stamps Lathe (metal), a lathe used specifically for metals Lathe, used in turning wood, metals and other materials Rose engine lathe, a specialized...
921 bytes (159 words) - 15:06, 8 November 2021
castings are used to make a metal lathe. The lathe is the first machine built since it can be used to help build itself. The lathe and foundry are then used...
3 KB (366 words) - 16:46, 29 June 2024
of Nicolae and Stanca Dăscălescu. From 1937 to 1941 he trained as a metal lathe operator at a vocational school in his hometown, after which he started...
4 KB (292 words) - 02:35, 4 September 2024
operate tools such as drills, lathes, mills, grinders, routers and 3D printers. CNC transforms a piece of material (metal, plastic, wood, ceramic, stone...
30 KB (3,233 words) - 02:38, 14 November 2024
metalworking and woodworking, an automatic lathe is a lathe with an automatically controlled cutting process. Automatic lathes were first developed in the 1870s...
28 KB (3,905 words) - 21:48, 12 December 2024
included the slide rest lathe, screw-cutting lathe, turret lathe, milling machine, pattern tracing lathe, shaper, and metal planer, which were all in...
36 KB (5,255 words) - 18:09, 22 September 2024
A screw-cutting lathe is a machine (specifically, a lathe) capable of cutting very accurate screw threads via single-point screw-cutting, which is the...
12 KB (1,525 words) - 22:12, 24 April 2024
Lath and plaster (redirect from Lathe and plaster)
weight, type of ribbing, and whether the lath is galvanized or not. Metal lathing was spaced across a 13.5-inch (340 mm) center, attached by tie wires...
8 KB (1,054 words) - 15:56, 21 October 2024
A lathe faceplate is a basic workholding accessory for a wood or metal turning lathe. It is a circular metal (usually cast iron) plate which fixes to the...
3 KB (413 words) - 18:58, 18 May 2024
material from a block of metal to make it a desired shape. Fab shops generally have some machining capability, using metal lathes, mills, drills, and other...
10 KB (1,131 words) - 08:29, 6 December 2024
David Wilkinson (machinist) (section Wilkinson lathe)
1771 – February 3, 1852) was a U.S. mechanical engineer who invented a lathe for cutting screw threads, which was extremely important in the development...
8 KB (996 words) - 08:30, 19 August 2024
astrolabe, and cartography etc., including, a screw cutting machine, a metal lathe and finishing rollers for sheep wool and silk factories. The production...
24 KB (2,211 words) - 16:49, 3 September 2024
Woodturning (redirect from Turner's lathe)
distinguish woodturning and the wood lathe from the machinist's lathe, or metal-working lathe. Items made on the lathe include tool handles, candlesticks...
32 KB (4,700 words) - 19:49, 10 December 2024
Dog (engineering) (section Lathe dog)
as in a crash gearbox. A lathe dog (or "lathe carrier") is a form of clutch dog used to secure a workpiece to a metal lathe. The feed dogs of a sewing...
6 KB (894 words) - 17:08, 4 September 2024
in a large metal lathe, and the commutator resurfaced by cutting it down to a smaller diameter. The largest of equipment can include a lathe turning attachment...
29 KB (3,867 words) - 18:38, 23 May 2024
construction. The materials used in the construction included: 1 car of metal lathe and tile, 17 cars of hollow tile, 19 cars of solid brick (850,000), 2...
9 KB (925 words) - 07:11, 23 December 2024
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
manufacturing the actual DMM cutting equipment as part of its VMS80 series lathes. The advantages of DMM (hard surface material) over acetate lacquer cutting...
11 KB (1,555 words) - 03:00, 26 May 2024
Tool bit (category Lathes)
In machining, a tool bit is a non-rotary cutting tool used in metal lathes, shapers, and planers. Such cutters are also often referred to by the set-phrase...
16 KB (2,247 words) - 18:33, 5 February 2024
operated a side business machining hydraulic parts. Tony learned of a metal lathe for sale for $1000 and convinced the seller to accept a $125 deposit...
7 KB (812 words) - 02:57, 14 August 2024