How does the lathe use the steps?
Ancient lathes are hand-pulled or pedal, through the rope to rotate the workpiece, and holding the tool and cutting.
The lathe is mainly used for machining shafts, plates, sleeves and other workpieces with slewing surfaces, and is the most widely used machine in machinery manufacturing and repair plants.
In the lathe can also be used drill, reaming drill, reamer, tap, die and knurling tools such as the corresponding processing.
In 1797, the British mechanical inventor Mozzley created a screw lathe drive the modern lathe, and in 1800 using the exchange of gear, can change the feed rate and the pitch of the thread being machined.
