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About This Machine
Foreword
"The screw cutting engine lathe is the oldest and most important of machine tools and from it all other machine tools have been developed. It was the lathe that made possible the building of the steamboat, the locomotive, the electric motor, the automobile and all kinds of machinery used in industry. Without the lathe our great industrial progress of the last century would have been impossible."
The lathe represented in this manual is a modern day version of the screw cutting lathes that trace their roots back to the 1700's, which were themselves technological improvements of the bow lathe that can be traced back thousands of years to the ancient Egyptians.
Now, almost 300 years later, these modern "screw cutting" lathes are not just a piece of refined machinery, but a culmination of human ingenuity and knowledge embodied into the design and synergy of thousands of interworking
And now the torch is passed to
Features
These
Spindle speeds are controlled by convenient headstock levers, which allow the operator to quickly set the spindle speed within the available range of
The beds of these lathes are constructed with Meehanite castings that are hardened and
The headstocks feature
These lathes feature a spindle clutch that allows the operator to switch between forward and reverse without shutting down the
To further ensure a high degree of accuracy, these lathes are equipped with
Capabilities
These