hand-controlled lathe

  • 1Lathe — A lathe (pronEng|ˈleɪð) is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has… …

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  • 2Lathe (metal) — Center lathe with DRO and chuck guard. Size is 460 mm swing x 1000 mm between centers A metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials. They were originally designed to… …

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  • 3hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …

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  • 4Turret lathe — Hartness 3x36 flat turret lathe with cross sliding head, equipped for bar work, 1910.[1] The turret lathe is a form of metalworking lathe that is used for repetitive production of duplicate parts, which by the nature of their cutting process are… …

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  • 5automated machine-controlled machine-driven — Automatic Au to*mat ic, Automatical Au to*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. automatique. See {Automaton}.] 1. Having an inherent power of action or motion. [1913 Webster] Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or… …

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  • 6machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… …

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  • 7Numerical control — CNC redirects here. For other uses, see CNC (disambiguation). A CNC Turning Center …

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  • 8Cymbal manufacturers — manufacture Cymbals for percussionists and other musicians. Contents 1 Major cymbal manufacturers 2 Other cymbal manufacturers 2.1 Amedia Cymbals 2.2 …

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  • 9Artie Moore — Arthur Moore (1887 ndash; January 20 1949), was a British wireless operator who heard a distress signal from RMS Titanic before news of the disaster arrived in the UK.In the early hours of April 15 1912, in the loft of the 17th century Gelligroes …

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  • 10technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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