wood lathe
Bowl-shaping spinning machine
A wood lathe is a machine that spins a piece of wood on a horizontal axis while a cutting tool shapes it.
The rotation allows the craftsman to create symmetrical cylindrical forms—table legs, bowls, spindles, baseball bats.
He turned the chair legs on his wood lathe.
Unlike metal lathes, wood lathes typically operate at higher speeds and use hand-held tools rather than fixed cutters.
- spindleRotating rod for thread
- chuckThrow carelessly or informally
- chiselEdged carving implement
- gougeConcave carving blade
- turningAct of rotating
bowl · grain · shavings · faceplate · tailstock · skew · parting · mandrel · roughing · finishing · walnut · oak · centering · headstock · toolrest · carbide · sandpaper · polish
- woodworkingsaw, hammer, drill, chisel, nail
- power toolscordless drill, table saw, miter saw, band saw, impact driver
- makerspacelaser cutter, 3D printer, soldering iron, workbench, CNC machine
- lumber industrysawmill, logs, timber harvesting, logging, lumber yards
- rotary toolsrotary saw, rotary cutter, rotary hammer, die grinder, Dremel
wood lathetable saw
Stationary power cutting tool
milling machine · band saw · circular saw · chainsaw · miter saw
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