Woodturning

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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Jacques de Vaucanson built the first all-metal lathe around 1751, according to Book Rags. Henry Maudslay, who is considered the "father of the industrial lathe," invented the first screw-cutting engine lathe in 1797.

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A lathe is an in the first instance an engineering machine used for turning metals into specific shapes and diameters, adding threads for screw, creating threads for bolts, boring .

Woodlates (their predecessor) turning bowls , cutting threats on wood, convex and concave shapes

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That's called a 'lathe'.

It depends on what machine you are referring to. There is no overall formula to calculate such things. A saw could remove half or more, a lathe could remove a tiny fraction. It has little to do with the horsepower and more to do with the machine and application

Lathe threading is a machining process used to create helical grooves, or threads, on a workpiece using a lathe. This is achieved by moving the cutting tool in a precise linear motion along the length of the material while the workpiece is rotated, allowing for the formation of external or internal threads. The process can be performed using various threading methods, including single-point threading and die threading, depending on the desired thread specifications. Accurate threading is essential for applications such as fasteners and fittings in various engineering and manufacturing sectors.

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The lathe machine is an ancient tool, dating back to approximately 1300 BC. It was first developed as a two-person lathe by the Ancient Egyptians.

A lathe is used to turn chunks of metal into useful parts or pieces. They have a rotating arm that works the metal, removing small pieces a at time until the desired shape is reached. A manual lathe means that the operator of the lathe holds, guides and directs the metal in the machine.

The headstock of a lathe is pushed into a tapered hole in the head spindle. It gets stuck in there in normal use, and you cannot pull it out when you want to change it.

So . . . the spindle is hollow all the way through the lathe head. To get the headstock to lossen you insert a round knock-out bar into the front of the spindle until it touches the back of the headstock. A few taps with a mallet will jar the headstock loose. Then you remove the knock-out bar.

A woodturning chuck is the device that holds a piece of wood in a lathe. Wood is worked in a lathe when one wants to produce a 'turned' piece of wood such as a spindle. Different woodturning chucks are used for different sized and shapes of wood to be 'turned'.

Using a collet on a loathe increases the ability to hold the item. It also decreases the risk of crushing and or damaging it. All in all it is faster and more accurate.

The definition of a bench lathe is defined as a lathe mounted on a workbench. There is no other meaning for these two words other than a lathe mounted on a workbench.

There are a few companies that manufacture good lath tool holders. Some of the best one's include 'Aydosa Tools', 'Glanze', 'Armstrong' and 'Kennametal'.

A southbend lathe can generally only be purchased second hand, these can be found listed on the internet. They can be difficult to find for sale as there are very few of them due to age, although, if you spend some time looking you should be successful.

There are a few places where one can get plans to make a wooden pan-flute. One can find plans for a pan-flute online at locations such as Pan-flute Jedi and Plan-flute Resources. One can also locate plans on making pan-flutes through books sold through local bookstores and online retailers.

The Atlas lathe tool is no longer in production and can not be found in most hardware stores. People looking for one should try yard sales, flea markets, antique shops and auctions.

Chips should not be cleared from the lathe with a cloth because doing so can pose safety hazards, such as the risk of getting caught in moving parts or causing injury. Cloths can also smear oil or coolant, leading to reduced visibility and increased risk of accidents. Additionally, using a cloth may not effectively remove debris, potentially impacting the quality of the workpiece and damaging tools. Instead, it's safer and more efficient to use appropriate methods like brushes, air blowers, or chip removal systems.

The art of woodturning dates back to about 1300 BC when the Egyptians developed the first two person lathe. The Romans improved the lathe by adding a turning bow. Over the years its continued to develop until today where it has been very modernized.

Lathes are made for many different materials, metal, wood, plastics, composites, etc., metal lathes can turn wood, plastic or many other materials and conversely speaking a wood lathe can do the same. I have turned on a metal lathe, metal, wood, plastic, rubber, composites. On wood lathes I have turned wood, metal, plastics, and composites. Note: turning metal on a wood lathe is misleading, spinning metal is the correct term, spinning on a wood lathe: having a form (usually wood) in the lathe and using a disc of metal pressed against the form, you burnish the metal disc over the form, many aluminum stock pots, lamp bases, etc. are made this way. But this is woodcrafts, I like to think a wood lathe reveals the beauty of nature in the woods of the world, many things can be made on a lathe such as: (linear in shape)Bats, Columns, Spindles,etc., for Vessels there's Bowls, Cups, Goblets, Plates, Vases, Boxes, (round) etc., and you can marry two or more dissimilar materials together to make one piece. For me a wood lathe is a piece of equipment for creating in the round.

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