Lathe Machine
- machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding , knurling, drilling or deformation with tools that are applied to the work piece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis or rotation.
- usually lathe is used in wood turning, metal working, metal spinning and glass working.
- lathe also can be used to shape pottery and lathe is the best known design being the potter's wheel.
- Bed is mainly support the whole machine
- Carriage is assembly that moves the tool post and cutting tool along the ways
- Carriage Hand wheel is a wheel with a handle used to move the carriage by hand by means of a rack and ponion drive
- A chuck is a clamping device for holding work in the lathe
- Apron is the front part of the carriage assembly on which carriage hand wheel is mounted
- Cross slide is a platform that moves perpendicular to the lathe axis under control of the cross slide hand wheel
- Cross slide hand wheel is a wheel with handle used to move the cross slide in and out.
- Halfnut lever is the lever to engage the carriage with leadscrew to move the carriage under power
- lead screw is a precision screw that runs the length of the bed. it is used to drive the carriage under power for turning and thread cutting operations.
- swing is a dimension representing the largest diameter work piece that a lathe can rotate
- tailstock is a cast iron assembly that can be slide along the ways and be locked in place. used to hold long work in place or mount a drill chuck for drilling into end of the work
- Ram is a piston type shaft that can be moved in and out of the tailstock by turning the tailstock hand wheel.
- Tool is a cutting tool used to remove metal from the work piece and usually made of high speed steel or carbide.
- ways is a precision ground surfaces along top of the bed on which saddle rides. the ways are precisely aligned with the centerline of the lathe
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