page_title: Lathe
hierarchical_section_title: Lathe
caption_attribution_description: English: A watchmaker's lathe in use to prepare a decorative watch component cut from copper.
context_page_description: A lathe is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.
context_section_description: A lathe (/leɪð/) is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.
caption: A watchmaker using a lathe to prepare a component cut from copper for a watch
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