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How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe

by John Joseph O'Brien , Miles William O'Brien
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781638234081
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bnpublishing.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Bnpublishing.com
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  • Pages: 134
  • Original Price: USD 14.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 327 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Machinery

How to Run a Lathe is one of the most respected and practical machining manuals ever published. Originally distributed by South Bend Lathe Works with every lathe they sold, this classic guide has helped generations of machinists, hobbyists, engineers, and metalworkers learn the proper setup, care, and operation of a screw-cutting lathe.

Packed with detailed illustrations, diagrams, and step-by-step explanations, this comprehensive manual covers everything needed to begin operating a lathe with confidence. From basic setup to advanced threading techniques, the book remains an essential reference for both beginners and experienced machinists.

This special edition features enlarged text and improved formatting for easier reading and a more comfortable learning experience.

Inside you will find eleven detailed chapters covering:

- The history and development of the lathe

- Setting up and leveling the lathe

- Proper lathe operation and maintenance

- Lathe tools and their applications

- Accurate measuring techniques

- Plain turning between centers

- Chuck work, taper turning, and boring

- Drilling, reaming, and tapping

- Cutting screw threads

- Special classes of machine work

- Tool sharpening and precision finishing techniques

The manual also includes practical instruction on producing smooth "super-finished" turned bearings, grinding valves, and cutting multiple screw threads.

Clear, practical, and heavily illustrated throughout, How to Run a Lathe remains one of the finest classic references for machine shop work ever printed.

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