Some lathes are fitted with a vertical milling
head. The compound rest is removed from the
cross-slide and the vise or other work holding
devices are mounted in its place. See Figure 28-26.
28.8 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Industry makes wide use of variations of the
basic lathe, Figure 28-27. The super-precision
toolroom lathe is required to meet the close toler-
ances and fine surface finish specifications of
toolrooms, model shops, and research and devel-
opment laboratories, Figure 28-28.
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Figure 28-25.
Lathe milling attachment is mounted on the
compound rest. Horizontal and vertical milling can
be done.
Figure 28-26.
Lathe fitted with milling/drilling head. Work
holding devices are mounted on the cross-slide.
Figure 28-27.
A—The basic metal lathe. All lathes, no matter how
sophisticated, operate on the same basic principle.
(Jet Equipment & Tools) B—A 15″ geared head lathe
capable of machining inch-based and metric-based
threads. (Clausing Industrial, Inc.) C—Heavy-duty
engine lathe like this one is used turning very large
workpieces. (Clausing Industrial, Inc.)
C
B
A