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 ...

To create Lathe parts you create a CAM by making a series of tool paths that form your part. This page focuses on the toolpaths themselves for the Lathe. If you are starting your CAM, you must do some ...

It seems like magic. Lets start by imagining we disengage and lock the rotating cutter in [Mehamozg]’s setup and run the lathe. If the tool is pointed directly at the center we are just turning ...

Most 3D software has the tool and a good one for the iPad is Nomad Sculpt. With the Lathe tool activated, you can lay down a curve or path using splines and points. The points are editable so you ...

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 ...