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A metal lathe is used to "turn" (cut) shapes of external and/or internal circular cross-section: cylinders, discs, cones (tapers), spheres (with a special attachment). It can also cut screw-threads to high accuracy; and its range of work can be increased by various extra attachments.

The metal-cutting lathe is the fundamental machine-tool upon which all others depend, and the basic principle of turning - rotating the work-piece against the cutting-tool - has been traced to the Ancient Egyptians perhaps 4000 years ago, for wood-working.

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