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Lathe is power driven machine,which is used for many operation such as reduction in length,dia and enables threading,surface finishing operations etc which are the basic operations to be carried out for the component.

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Latin 'lathe' conveys stirring of milk.

The effect is a product of rotation, that is, being symmetrical about the axis of rotation.

Two person lathe machine was the contrivance where one rotates the job while the other makes the cutting by presenting a tool to the job at its surface.

Mechanical rotation was then achieved by water wheel-belt-pulley train; pedal driven device freed the hands for one-person lathes.

Engine lathes provide the rotation by motors which work by energy sources such as electricity.

20st Century machines have programmed instructions to do automatic operation of rotation and feeding the tool at pre-selected process parameters, facilitating mass production, good accuracy and precision.

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Because the lathe can be made ​​by the industrial segment.

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