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Turning (woodworking)
Article By:
Tuttle, Alan H. Formerly, Vocational Division, State University of New York Agricultural and Technical Institute, Wellsville, New York.
Last reviewed:August 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.717200
The shaping of wood by rotating it in a lathe and cutting it with a chisel. The lathe consists essentially of a bed on which are mounted a headstock, a tailstock, and a tool rest (see illustration). The headstock is rotated by a motor and holds one end of the wood to be turned. The tailstock holds the other end of the wood, allowing it to rotate freely. The tool rest provides a fixed guide along which the operator can handle the chisels if the turning is by hand, or along which the tool is driven if the turning is mechanized.
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