Lathe Tool Geometry provides a description of single-point lathe tool angles, detailing the effect these angles have on a cutting operation. Tool angles have a significant impact on a cutting ...

Lathes tools travel along a center line so we only need to worry about the amount ... perpendicular to the workpiece’s axis. The preferred tool for this operation is an 80-degree diamond insert, as it ...

Most professionals would put a polygon on the end of a turned part using a milling machine. But many a hobbyist doesn’t have ...

It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this ...