lathe Definition
lathe (lāt̸h)
noun
a machine for shaping an article of wood, metal, etc. by holding and turning it rapidly against the edge of a cutting or abrading tool
Etymology: ME lath, turning lathe, supporting stand, prob. < MDu lade in the same senses (> Dan dreielad, turning lathe): for IE base see lade
transitive verb lathed, lath′·ing
to shape on a lathe
lathe Synonyms
lathe Usage Examples
Possessives
watchmaker: They are well equipment with machine tools from watchmaker's lathes to CNC mills.
Converse of object
- screwcutting: Screwcutting lathe with 2.5-inch center height, 7 inches between centers.
- turn: For bowl turning the lathe will ideally have an outboard turning facility or a swing head.
Adjective modifier
- 9-inch: Both the Model C and Model B 9-inch lathes used changewheels for screwcutting whilst the Model A was always fitted with a screwcutting gearbox.
- 10-inch: The 10-inch lathe featured flat ways 1 1/2 inches wide with the edges of the central slot machined to guide the tailstock.
- 12-inch: The first of the 12-inch lathes to have power cross feed were the 1939 De-lux 16-speed, Timken headstock bearing models.
- automatic: Fred's usual work was to mill the spiral sectors on cams for the automatic lathes in next door's factory.
- conventional: THE USERS Any one of the EMCOMAT models is ideally suited for the various fields of application of conventional lathes in this size range.
- plain: Plain Lathes: There is one type of lathe that you may come across, the plain-turning or training lathe.
Modifies a noun
- headstock: Their range of rounders and trapping planes provide the means to do the job properly by hand or using a slow-speed lathe headstock.
- turner: My first encounter with a bow lathe turner was in Bulgaria during my 1991 travels.
- chuck: The arbor is short and tapered and will not hold in the lathe chuck or a collet.
- spindle: A single slot in the metal disk triggers a single electrical pulse in each lathe spindle revolution.
- bed: Once the blocks are secured to the stand the hollow bolts can be screwed in or out to level the lathe bed.
Noun used with modifier
- wood-turning: In 1935 the first Craftsman wood-turning lathe with the option of a metal-turning kit was marketed.
- capstan: Items produced included capstan lathes, tool and cutter grinders, and screw-cutting lathes.
- toolroom: Holbrook toolroom lathes appear to have been designated either " B " for the smaller machines, or " T " for the larger.
- plain-turning: Boxford 3.3 " x 9.25 " precision plain-turning bench lathe, circa 1947.
- screwcutting: Although styled to resemble the screwcutting lathes, only the tailstock handwheel and minor controls were the same.
- screw-cutting: Jesse Ramsden developed the first satisfactory screw-cutting lathe in 1770.
Browse dictionary entries near lathe
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- ‹ laterally
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- ‹ lateral support
- ‹ lateral moraine
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