. A lathe is a machine tool used to shape wooden or metallic products. It furnishes a wooden or metal piece by rotating it about an axis while a stationary cutting tool keeps removing unwanted material from the workpiece to form the desired shape.
Full form of ‘lathe’ is Longitudinal Axis Tool Holding Equipment. … Lathes are used in woodturning, metalworking, metal spinning, thermal spraying, parts reclamation, and glass-working.
lathe is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, threading and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.
The main parts of the lathe are: (1) the bed, (2) the quick-change gearbox, (3) the headstock, (4) the carriage, and (5) the tailstock.
