Lathes

thumb|upright=1.35|Modern metal lathe thumb|upright=1.35|A watchmaker using a lathe to prepare a component cut from copper for a watch A lathe () is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, threading and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.

thumb|Roughing, or rough turning thumb|Parting aluminium thumb|Finish turning

French inventor of mechanical automata

radially symmetrical type for holding a rotating tool or workpiece

non-rotary cutting tool used for machining

thumb|right|A W-type external-thread collet (red) being pulled into its spindle seat (green) with a drawbar (blue), clamping, rotating and then releasing a shaft.

thumb|Old shop-made mandrel for turning hollow objects on an engine lathe

workholding accessory in a lathe, a metal disc used for clamping a workpiece to the main spindle

type of metal-working lathe

lathe machine