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How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe

by John Joseph O'Brien

A practical guide to screw-cutting lathe work

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A practical guide to screw-cutting lathe work

John Joseph O’Brien’s manual, reprinted from its 1942 edition, organizes lathe work into eleven illustrated chapters. It moves from the machine’s history and setup to measurement, turning between centers, chuck work, taper turning, boring, drilling, reaming, tapping, and screw-thread cutting. The closing coverage includes specialized tasks such as sharpening drills, grinding valves, and producing turned bearings. Its scope makes the book a hands-on reference to the fundamentals and a broad range of operations on a screw-cutting lathe.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Beginners setting up and learning to operate a lathe
  • Workshop users seeking a reference to turning, measurement, and threading operations
  • Readers interested in historical machine-tool manuals

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Lathe setup and operationMeasurement and machining techniquesScrew-thread cuttingWorkshop practice

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Book overview

2013 Reprint of 1942 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. South Bend Lathe Works sent out this manual with every Lathe they sold. Profusely illustrated. You get everything you need to set up a lathe and get it running. This is the lathe manual that Dave Gingery raves about. You get eleven chapters: history and development of the lathe, setting up and leveling the lathe, operation of the lathe, lathe tools and their application, how to take accurate measurements, plain turning (work between centers), chuck work; taper turning and boring, drilling reaming and tapping, cutting screw threads, and special classes of work. All the basics are here form sharpening drills to producing "super-finished" turned bearings, grinding valves, and turning multiple screw threads.
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