What Is A Lathe Used For?

The lathe is one of the earliest of forming tools. It has been around since the days of the Pharaohs. It can be described as a tool that creates new objects by removing material. The object that is being formed can be made of wood, metal or other substances.

Lathe tool

Although the word lathe is practically a household term, it is an acronym. It stands for, “Longitudinal Axis Tool Holding Equipment”. Now you pretty much know why we call them lathes.

What is the basic process of using a lathe?

As mentioned, to remove material from wood or metal stock, the stock is usually placed horizontally into the lathe.…

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When Your Business Requires Heavy Machinery or Intricate Designs

Does your company require heavy machinery to do some of its commercial needs, or are there any intricate designs that are part of your product output? If so, you may need to talk to specialists in those fields to get a bulk of your orders completed on time and done to a standard of quality. That means doing some research and homework about who can provide you with those industrial services the most efficiently and on the best budget.

Industrial 3D printer

Some examples of equipment or services you might have to outsource work to include if you need to custom design tables, any heavy equipment that you don’t already own, large-scale 3D printing possibilities, and anything where high-tech robots are going to perform work functions the best.…

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