NITESH SAHU MONENDRA SAHU A Mini lathe is a tool that rotates the workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, facing, turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis. Machining is a term that covers a large collection of manufacturing processes designed to remove unwanted material, usually in the form of chips, from a work-piece. Machining is used to convert castings, forgings, or preformed blocks of metal into desired shapes, with size and finish specified to fulfil design requirements. Almost every manufactured product has components that require machining, often to great precision. The majority of industrial applications of machining are in metals. Although the metal cutting process has resisted theoretical analysis because of its complexity. The application of these processes in the industrial world is widespread.Metal cutting processes can be viewed as consisting of independent input variables, dependent variables, and independent dependent interactions or relationships. The engineer or machine tool operator has direct control over the input variables and can specify. Woodworking lathes Metalworking lathes Acrylic lathe On metalworking lathes, the cutting tools are held rigidly in a tool holder that is mounted on a movable platform called the carriage. The tool is moved in and out by means of hand wheels and back and forth either by turning a handwheel or under power from the lathe. The result is that material can be removed from the workpiece under very precise control to produce shapes that are truly precision made. Dimensional accuracies of one-one-thousandth of an inch (.001") or one-tenth of a millimeter are typical. Because of the inherent rotational nature of a lathe, the vast majority of the work produced on it is basically cylindrical in form. In spite of this, the lathe is an extremely versatile machine capable of producing a surprising variety of objects used mainly as component parts of mechanical systems. Application of this machine is directly proportionate to :- Economisation as being low cost miniature model Acquiring less space comparatively Perfectly suited for small pocket budget Crankshafts, and Camshafts Gun barrels Cue sticks Table legs Baseball bats Candlestick holders Musical instruments (especially woodwind instruments).
Directions for Using Bottum's Patent Improved Universal Lathe Chucks and Improved Lathes for Turning and Finishing Every Description of Watch Pivots, Pinions, Staffs, Etc