If one revolution of the saddle crank moves the saddle one inch ... that it rotates and can be locked at any setting. • I center a lathe tailstock by installing dead centers in the machine’s headstock ...

On most machines of this type, the power available at the spindle ... mounted on a slide or ram that moves back and forth on a saddle clamped to the lathe bed. The saddle-type turret lathe has the ...

It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this ...