When turning wood on a lathe, each workpiece is mounted between the headstock (top) and the tailstock (bottom) with pointed attachments called centers. A drive center (aka a spur center) is a sharp, ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming materials. This is usually done by removing material to form a shape, or drilling and cutting to create threads. The lathe is driven by a motor that rotates ...

When setting up the lathe, the workpiece (the material to be machined) must be placed on the fork and clamped between the centre. Before this can happen, the workpiece need some prep work and the ...