The headstock on a wood lathe is the side that has the power converter to the motor ... Wood lathes require additional tools ...

As with all lathe accessories, choose one with a long handle ... Face plates are circular center attachments that fit into ...

Let’s say you’ve recently bought a lathe and set it up in your shop ... One is for checking headstock-to-ways alignment, which is what we’re doing here. There’s another type used for ...

The trick is to find big castings for the bed and headstock – Mopar slant 6 blocks ... Don’t get us wrong – we love cast aluminum Gingery lathes too. But there’s something substantial ...

"Basics of the CNC Swiss-Type Lathe” describes the basic functions and components of the CNC Swiss-type lathe, which are a complex type of lathe with a sliding headstock that feeds bar stock through a ...

A metal lathe spins a workpiece along a horizontal axis. A mandrel or chuck is mounted to the headstock of the metal lathe and a follower block or tail block is mounted to the tailstock. A metal lathe ...

A Swiss screw machine is an automatic lathe that has a sliding headstock and a guide bushing. The sliding headstock contains a collet ... Prototype services - Shops may provide services for building ...