Lathe

Lathe

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Lathe

Holds the headstock in place. The screw is a pointed set screw. The point engages a tapered groove in the pin that sticks up out of the lathe bed. When the screw is tightened, it pulls the headstock ...

Headstock

Industrial machinery; Lathe

The main casting mounted on the left end of the bed, in which the spindle is mounted. Houses the spindle speed change gears.

Halfnut

Industrial machinery; Lathe

A nut formed from two halves which clamp around the leadscrew under control of the halfnut lever to move the carriage under power driven from the leadscrew.

Halfnut lever

Industrial machinery; Lathe

Lever to engage the carriage with the leadscrew to move the carriage under power.

Gib

Industrial machinery; Lathe

A length of steel or brass with a diamond-shaped cross-section that engages with one side of dovetail and can be adjusted by means of screws to take up any slack in the dovetail slide. Used to adjust ...

Grooving

Industrial machinery; Lathe

Similar to parting, except that grooves are cut to a specific depth by a form tool instead of severing a completed/part-complete component from the stock.

Faceplate

Industrial machinery; Lathe

A cast plate that threads onto the spindle nose. A workpiece can be bolted to it as an alternative to using a chuck for holding irregularly shaped work. It has three slots to drive a drive dog.