metal-spinning lathe
1Metal spinning — A brass vase spun by hand. Mounted to the lathe spindle is the mandrel for the body of the vase a shell sits on the T rest. The foreground shows the mandrel for the base. Behind the finished vase are the spinning tools used to shape the metal.… …
2metal spinning — /ˈmɛtl spɪnɪŋ/ (say metl spining) noun 1. a process in which molten metal is spread by centrifugal force onto the surface of a die to make items with a basic cylindrical shape, as a saucepan. 2. a metalworking process, performed by hand or on a… …
3spinning lathe — noun : a lathe used for the shaping of metal hollow ware by pressing flat stock over a revolving form with a hand tool …
4Lathe — 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… …
5spinning — spinningly, adv. /spin ing/, n. 1. Textiles. a. the act or process of converting staple or short lengths of fiber, as cotton or rayon, into continuous yarn or thread. b. the extrusion of a solution of fiber forming substances through holes in a… …
6Spinning — Spin Spin (sp[i^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t.,… …
7Mandrel lathe — Mandrel Man drel, n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum, fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.) (a) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor. (b)… …
8Mandrel — For other uses, see Mandrel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Mandrill (the primate species). Old shop made mandrel for turning hollow objects on an engine lathe …
9Shear forming — Shear forming, also referred as shear spinning, is different from conventional metal spinning in that in this latter the area of the final component is approximately equal to that of the flat sheet metal blank and little or no reduction in the… …
10Spin — may refer to:* Rotation or spin, a movement of an object in a circular motion * Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles * Spin (flight), a special and often intense case of a stall * Spin (public relations) …
