Lathes can be machined. metal that becomes a shaft for the aerospace or automotive industry. Who could ever think of manufacturing metals and other materials like wood and plastic without the lathe machine? Since the lathe machine is an important tool used in the machining process, which is an integral process in the manufacturing technology, it is just fitting to learn about it.
There are many types of lathe machine but each machine consist some basic part which are essential for its proper working. These parts are bed, tool post, Chuck, head stock, tell stock, legs, Gear chain, lead screw, the carriage using levers. � Steady Rest: Clamped to the cross slide, it pivots around the tool post.
� Apron: Attached to the front of the carriage, it has the mechanism and controls for moving the carriage and cross slide. � Feed Rod: Has a keyway, with two reversing pinion gears, either of which can be fed, which allows shafts that are up to 2 times the length between lathe centers to be worked on one end at a time.
� Chuck: 3-jaw (self centering) or 4-jaw (independent) to clamp part being machined. � Chuck: allows the mounting of difficult workpieces that are not round, square or triangular. � Tailstock: Fits on the inner ways of the bed and can slide towards any position the headstock to which bar stock can be fed, which allows shafts that are up to 2 times the length between lathe centers to be worked on one end at a time.
� Chuck: 3-jaw (self centering) or 4-jaw (independent) to clamp part being machined. � Chuck: allows the mounting of difficult workpieces that are not round, square or triangular. � Tailstock: Fits on the inner ways of the bed and can slide towards any position the headstock to fit the length between lathe centers to be worked on one end at a time.
� Chuck: 3-jaw (self centering) or 4-jaw (independent) to clamp part being machined. � Chuck: allows the mounting of difficult workpieces that are not round, square or triangular. � Tailstock: Fits on