Worksheet No.

3 Work Holding Devices

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Course & Year: _______________ Date: _________________

Learning outcomes:
Turn workpiece
Learning Activity:
Objectives
1.Draw the lathe work holding devices and its uses.(use short size bondpaper with
boundary lines of half inch.)
• 3-jaw Self-centering Chuck
• 4-jaw Independent Chuck
• Types of Drive Plates
• Lathe dogs
• Center
• Steady rest

Direction: Choose the best answer.

1. It is used to hold round, triangular, and hexagonal workpieces.

a. 3-jaw chuck c. Steady rest
b. 4-jaw chuck d. Drive plate

2. It is used to hold round, square, octagonal, offset, eccentric, irregular- shaped and
‘scaled’ workpieces.

a. 3-jaw chuck c. Steady rest

b. 4-jaw chuck d. Drive plate

3. They are used to drive the work held in a lathe dog for turning between centres.
a. 3-jaw chuck c. Steady rest
b. 4-jaw chuck d. Drive plate

4. They are used to hold and drive the work for turning between centres.
a. 3-jaw chuck c. Steady rest
b. Lathe dogs d. Drive plate

5. It is used to support the end of a long cylindrical bar for facing, drilling or boring.
a. 3-jaw chuck c. Steady rest
b. 4-jaw chuck d. Drive plate
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6. They are held in the tapered bore of the headstock and tailstock spindles.
a. Lathe Centers c. Drive Plate
b. Lathe Dogs d. Carrier

7. It is attached to and moves with the lathe saddle.

a. Steady rest c. Travelling steady
b. Fixed steady d. Face Plate

8. It is fitted on the spindle nose and contains a number of T-slots and elongated holes to
accommodate bolts and clamps.
a. Drive Plate c. Collet chuck
b. Face Plate d. Universal Chuck

9. The following are the advantages of using a face plate, except:

a. The work can be rigidly clamped to resist heavy cuts.
b. The work can be bored
c. A wide range of regular and irregular components can be held.
d. Work on the end face of the job is not possible.

10. It is used in the tailstock to provide clearance for the tool to do facing.
a. Revolving Centre c. Lathe Centre
b. Half Centre d. Plain Centre