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2. Copying lathe - Wikipedia

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   The Blanchard lathe, invented by Thomas Blanchard, revolutionized the process of gun stock making in the 1820s, after it was invented. [3] Blanchard's copying lathe traced a model to turn gun stocks, producing the desired contour automatically. [4] Originally used for gun stocks, it was subsequently used for numerous objects of irregular shape ...

3. Woodturning - Wikipedia

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   Bowl turning. Woodturning is the craft of using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation. Like the potter's wheel, the wood lathe is a mechanism that can generate a variety of forms. The operator is known as a turner, and the skills needed to use the tools were traditionally known as turnery.

4. Lathe faceplate - Wikipedia

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   Unusual slotted faceplate. A lathe faceplate is a basic workholding accessory for a wood or metal turning lathe. It is a circular metal (usually cast iron) plate which fixes to the end of the lathe spindle. The workpiece is then clamped to the faceplate, typically using t-slot nuts in slots in the faceplate, or less commonly threaded holes in ...

5. Ornamental turning - Wikipedia

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   Ornamental turning. Ornamental turning is a type of turning, a craft that involves cutting of a work mounted in a lathe. The work can be made of any material that is suitable for being cut in this way, such as wood, bone, ivory or metal. Plain turning is work executed on a lathe where a transverse section through any part of the work comprises ...

6. Turning - Wikipedia

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   Turning. Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool, typically a non-rotary tool bit, describes a helix toolpath by moving more or less linearly while the workpiece rotates. Usually the term "turning" is reserved for the generation of external surfaces by this cutting action, whereas this same essential cutting action when applied ...

7. Milling (machining) - Wikipedia

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   Milling is the process of machining using rotary cutters to remove material [ 1 ] by advancing a cutter into a workpiece. This may be done by varying directions [ 2 ] on one or several axes, cutter head speed, and pressure. [ 3 ] Milling covers a wide variety of different operations and machines, on scales from small individual parts to large ...