Difference between revisions of "Metal Lathe training"
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* [http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/134-machine-shop-9] - MIT video 2 for the lathe | * [http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/134-machine-shop-9] - MIT video 2 for the lathe | ||
* [http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/ehs-videos/videos/172-machine-shop-10] - MIT video 3 for the lathe | * [http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/ehs-videos/videos/172-machine-shop-10] - MIT video 3 for the lathe | ||
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| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22tubalcain%22+-tips&aq=f] - Youtube search for "Tubalcain" maching videos, many different videos on different aspects of using a lathe. | ||
==== Tool Grinding ==== | ==== Tool Grinding ==== | ||
| − | Tool grinding is just as important as | + | Tool grinding is just as important as knowing how to use the lathe. You literally grind a small bar of high quality tool steel down to the correct shape you need for the cuts you need to make. |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZbr7Sh8jQw&playnext=1&list=PL374A335C7EFD3E0C&feature=results_video] - Tool grinding video from "Tubalcain" | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZbr7Sh8jQw&playnext=1&list=PL374A335C7EFD3E0C&feature=results_video] - Tool grinding video from "Tubalcain" | ||
| + | * [http://jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html] - Various pages on lathe info including tool grinding | ||
Revision as of 02:23, 26 March 2013
This is reference material for people interested in using our lathe. This material is collected here in order to assist a workshop on using the lathe as well as for people to teach themselves how to use this machine.
Reading Material
For additional material on the subject of running and using a lathe use these links. The MIT guide is a single page with a good overview of lathe parts and operations. The WE Williams site contains complete PDF's of older books on using lathes. I have two expensive classroom books which cover lathe work which I will provide to Bloominglabs members in the near future.
- http://web.mit.edu/2.670/www/Tutorials/Machining/lathe/Description.html
- http://www.wewilliams.net/SBLibrary.htm - Complete PDF's of older lathe manuals, all still relavent information.
Video Tutorials
These are free MIT videos which are a reasonable introduction to using a lathe. They are part of a 10 video series on machine tools, these are the lathe videos from this series. They each are about 45 minutes in length.
- [4] - Youtube search for "Tubalcain" maching videos, many different videos on different aspects of using a lathe.
Tool Grinding
Tool grinding is just as important as knowing how to use the lathe. You literally grind a small bar of high quality tool steel down to the correct shape you need for the cuts you need to make.
