Lathe

In woodworking and metalworking, a lathe 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.

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  live and dead centers

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  machine swarf (turnings)

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  Turned chess pieces

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  Product of lathe exercise

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  Diamond knurling tool

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  example of work from a knurling tool

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  Close-up shot of a diamond knurl

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  Hwacheon center lathe, 460m swing x 1000mm b/w centers

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  carriage area with legend of Hwacheon Center lathe

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  tailstock area with legend of Hwacheon Center lathe

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  headstock area with legend of Hwacheon Center lathe

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  Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, USA (1942).

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  Small precision lathe.

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  Lathe with numbers for legend.