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The Lathes and Milling Machines ClipArt gallery offers 71 illustrations of machines designed to shape parts out of solid blocks of wood or metal.

Double angle milling cutter.

Double Angle

Double angle milling cutter.

A cut-away view of a lathe apron.

Lathe Apron

A cut-away view of a lathe apron.

An astragal attachment for a hand crank lathe. Astragals are used to create mouldings with a raised bead with narrow fillet on each side.

Lathe Attachment Turning Astragals

An astragal attachment for a hand crank lathe. Astragals are used to create mouldings with a raised…

"On the two vertical sides of the block there are screwed on two flat pieces of steel, that have holes near their lower ends, in which the worm journals run. The worm and the worm—wheel gear with each other. The worm is turned by a small hand wheel." —Grimshaw, 1902

Lathe Turning Astragals

"On the two vertical sides of the block there are screwed on two flat pieces of steel, that have holes…

This illustration shows a Blake Ore Breaker (stone crusher), used in a gold stamp mill. This crusher breaks the large, mined rocks containing the gold (ore) into small pieces, to then be reduced to the finest powder by stamps.

Blake Ore Breaker

This illustration shows a Blake Ore Breaker (stone crusher), used in a gold stamp mill. This crusher…

"Break lathes can take in work of considerable length as well as of large diameter,—the treble-geared headstock and all other parts being in their case made of sufficient strength to bear the heavy strains which result from the increased size and weight of the work, a quality in which gap lathes are not unfrequntly deficient." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Break Lathe

"Break lathes can take in work of considerable length as well as of large diameter,—the treble-geared…

Broaching six keyways in yoke for automobile universal joint using a broaching machine.

Broaching Machine

Broaching six keyways in yoke for automobile universal joint using a broaching machine.

Center drilling and countersinking with a two spindle centering machine.

Spindle Centering

Center drilling and countersinking with a two spindle centering machine.

Forming concave milling cutters.

Forming Concave

Forming concave milling cutters.

Forming convex milling cutter.

Forming Convex

Forming convex milling cutter.

Fly milling cutter.

Fly Cutter

Fly milling cutter.

Involute gear cutter.

Gear Cutter

Involute gear cutter.

Roughing or stocking stepped gear cutter.

Gear Cutter

Roughing or stocking stepped gear cutter.

Involute gear formed milling cutter.

Gear Cutter

Involute gear formed milling cutter.

Epicycloidal gear milling cutter.

Gear Cutter

Epicycloidal gear milling cutter.

Interlocking milling cutters.

Interlocking Cutters

Interlocking milling cutters.

This illustration shows a double discharge mortar, used in a Stamp Mill.

Double Discharge Mortar

This illustration shows a double discharge mortar, used in a Stamp Mill.

Chucking with taper shank twist drill.

Chucking Drill

Chucking with taper shank twist drill.

Chucking cored gear casting with four-grooved twist drill.

Twist Drill

Chucking cored gear casting with four-grooved twist drill.

Polishing a flange in speed lathe.

Polishing Flange

Polishing a flange in speed lathe.

Reaming flange casting by power in lathe.

Reaming Flange

Reaming flange casting by power in lathe.

Reamer fluting formed milling cutter.

Reamer Fluting

Reamer fluting formed milling cutter.

A lathe is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.

Foot-power Wood-working Lathe

A lathe is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting,…

Irregular forming milling cutters.

Irregular Forming

Irregular forming milling cutters.

Twist drill grooving formed milling cutter.

Twist Drill Grooving

Twist drill grooving formed milling cutter.

Spur, spiral and worm gear hob.

Gear Hob

Spur, spiral and worm gear hob.

A lathe is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation.

Large Power Lathe

A lathe is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting,…

A machine-tool for turning or shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material.

Lathe

A machine-tool for turning or shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material.

A contrivance for shaping, or 'turning', wood, metal, or ivory into forms of a circular or oval section. The simplest form of lathe, and one which is still generally used in India, consists of two rigid centers, between which the object is revolved by means of a piece of cord wound round it, and pulled alternately backwards and forwards. The 'dead-center' lathe, which was commonly used early in the 1800's, was but a modification of this primitive form, preserving its chief drawback of an alternating motion.

Lathe for Wood-turning

A contrivance for shaping, or 'turning', wood, metal, or ivory into forms of a circular or oval section.…

Chart of tool holders for various forms of high speed steel cutters, including outside turning and threading as well as inside turning and threading.

Lathe Tool Holders for High Speed Cutters

Chart of tool holders for various forms of high speed steel cutters, including outside turning and threading…

A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing a fixed cutting or abrading tool against it.

Appliance Lathe

A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis…

The correct position at engine lathe for turning.

Engine Lathe

The correct position at engine lathe for turning.

Illustration of a 14 inch lathe, countershaft, line shaft, and belt connections.

Long Lathe

Illustration of a 14 inch lathe, countershaft, line shaft, and belt connections.

A man stands at a motorized engine lathe.

Motorized Lathe

A man stands at a motorized engine lathe.

The pole lathe of 1800 is a wood turning tool that uses a pole as a return spring for the treadle (foot pedal).

Pole Lathe

The pole lathe of 1800 is a wood turning tool that uses a pole as a return spring for the treadle (foot…

Reaming in lathe by hand.

Reaming in Lathe

Reaming in lathe by hand.

A convenient screw cutting using a lathe to create threads on the metal rod.

Screw Cutting Device using Lathe

A convenient screw cutting using a lathe to create threads on the metal rod.

"Where the lathe has no special taper turning attachment, the rig here described can readily be made and applied. The hand wheel of the cross feed is removed, and replaced by a hard—wood disk S that has a rim groove for a stout cord A. One end of this cord is attached to the tail stock at B, by means of a bent metal strip D. The conicity or degree of taper will be determined by the diameter of the disk S." —Grimshaw, 1902

Taper Turning and Boring Lathe Rig

"Where the lathe has no special taper turning attachment, the rig here described can readily be made…

A lathe for turning wood to create a hole by fastening the material on to the faceplate.

Lathe, Wood Turning

A lathe for turning wood to create a hole by fastening the material on to the faceplate.

Machine used to form specialized parts by cutting (milling) material from a solid block of metal.

Milling Machine

Machine used to form specialized parts by cutting (milling) material from a solid block of metal.

Universal milling machine.

Milling Machine

Universal milling machine.

Vertical milling machine.

Milling Machine

Vertical milling machine.

A machine used for planing large blocks of wood.

Planing Machine

A machine used for planing large blocks of wood.

"A modern mechanic's lathe, has very different demands made upon it. For this the greatest possible steadiness in all the working parts is the main desideratum, and it is of great advantage to have the means of obtaining a slow speed, so as to be able to take the heaviest cuts which its strength and the power available to warrant." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Mechanic's Lathe

"A modern mechanic's lathe, has very different demands made upon it. For this the greatest possible…

Man operates an engine lathe with a rapid change-gear mechanism.

Change-Gear Mechanism

Man operates an engine lathe with a rapid change-gear mechanism.

A plain mill cutter.

Plain Mill

A plain mill cutter.

Shell end mill.

Shell Mill

Shell end mill.

Inserted tooth surface mill.

Surface Mill

Inserted tooth surface mill.

"The workpiece is fastened on a round platen, which in turn is attached to the table of a large and heavy vertical boring machine. The mill arbor bears a profile mill with inserted teeth, and the table has power feed. The operation is cheaper than turning in the lathe." —Grimshaw, 1902

Ring Milling

"The workpiece is fastened on a round platen, which in turn is attached to the table of a large and…

Cutter for spiral mills.

Spiral Mills

Cutter for spiral mills.

Correct cutting movement for horizontal feed.

Correct Movement

Correct cutting movement for horizontal feed.

"The ordinary self-acting planing machine. Its action bears no resemblance to the familiar process of wood planing, but is analogous to that by which the successive cuts of a narrow tool produce a cylindrical surface in a slide lathe. A transverse table carries the work and forces it against the tool, which is stationary while making its cut, but between the cuts has a slight "feed" motion along its horizontal slide." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Planning Machine

"The ordinary self-acting planing machine. Its action bears no resemblance to the familiar process of…

Chucking pulley with flat drill.

Chucking Pulley

Chucking pulley with flat drill.

Reaming gear blank in lathe by power.

Reaming Gear

Reaming gear blank in lathe by power.

An illustration of a boring rod by using a hand cranked lathe. This device creates a cylinder with a hollow center from rods.

Hand Crank Lathe Boring Rod

An illustration of a boring rod by using a hand cranked lathe. This device creates a cylinder with a…

A mechanical boring rod machine to create a cylinder with a hollow center.

Mechanical Boring Rod

A mechanical boring rod machine to create a cylinder with a hollow center.

Metal slitting saw.

Slitting Saw

Metal slitting saw.

"A self-acting screw-cutting lathe with double-geared headstock, of a type now well established, the arrangements for obtaining and varying this traversing motion may be observed. A steel leading screw runs along the front of the lathe bed, and with it the slide rest can be connected at pleasure. Two or more change wheels, properly proportioned as to the number of their teeth, connect the head of the screw with the hinder end of the mandrel." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Screw-Cutting

"A self-acting screw-cutting lathe with double-geared headstock, of a type now well established, the…

"The machine is in fact a lathe with a few special features, such as the hollow mandrel, which enables it to operate upon a bar of any length. Dies mounted on a modified form of slide-rest cut the thread to the full depth at a single traverse, and a simple arrangement enables nuts to be tapped with equal facility. In some other varieties of screwing machines, more particularly those intended for hand power only, the outward resemblance to the turning lathe is less apparent, but if their action is looked into it will be found that in them as in almost all machine tools it is the principle of the slide which is mainly conducive to their success." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Screwing Machine

"The machine is in fact a lathe with a few special features, such as the hollow mandrel, which enables…

Polishing a shaft in a speed lathe.

Polishing Shaft

Polishing a shaft in a speed lathe.