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Franco:
Eh? A lathe does remove metal stock. Though you do use the term 'turn off'. I.e you turn a component on a lathe.
Jess--:
--- Quote from: RayB on October 31, 2005, 01:13:24 pm ---Common misconception that a "lathe" is what you use to remove metal on a shaft. The term shops actually use is "turn off".
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Worked in engineering for quite a few years (a lot of lathe / milling work) can honestly say we NEVER used that phrase. although did use the phrase turn / turning in relation to lathes (uk based)
Franco:
Im turning some Nimonic aerospace componets as im typing this ;)
RayB:
Last year when I had my top-fire joysticks to modify, I called a few places. I used the term "lathe". I spoke to a guy at Strite Industries, who do large volume machining (ie: they ended up way out of my budget for my little job) told me that the correct term was "turn off".
So, call it whatever you want. Some places might not know what you're talking about. The gentleman I spoke to sounded brittish. Maybe that's what they call it over there (though Strite is Canadian). Who knows...
jcoleman:
A lathe is a tool. A turn-off is performed with that tool.