The lathe is a very old and one of the most useful inventions. The first foot-operated models began to appear in the 15th century. To date, there is a huge number of all kinds of machines: for woodcarving, for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, vertical, horizontal, automatic, semi-automatic, small, medium, large and many others.
On lathes, they are processed by turning and boring cylindrical, conical and shaped products. On vertical machines, they mainly make wider ones than on horizontal ones, on which longer workpieces are made. With the help of the spindle, the workpiece rotates at high speed, and the cutter (turning tool) moves from the beginning of the workpiece to the end, sharpening it as the turner needs.
Lathes are found in a wide variety of industries: from small school workshops to huge furniture factories. Only in schools, they mainly use low-power and small-sized machines, and in factories, besides large and automatic ones, it is difficult to find others, mainly due to the fact that it is difficult to grind identical parts on semi-automatic machines.
Today lathes are being improved very quickly. For example, on a modern machine, workpieces can be sharpened, bored, grinded, drilled, countersinked, reamed, etc. On some models of lathes, it is possible to harvest hexagonal and square products of very small sizes, not exceeding 6 cm in length, this allows you to create unique parts , but only handmade.
And finally, about the turners. Any turner has some kind of rank, which is directly related to the skill level of work on the machine. It is very difficult and time-consuming to learn, since the lathe is very difficult to use, it needs good care and constant cleaning, like all working tools and machines.
