In the previous article we went over the history of machine tools. We’re taking trip through the machining world with this series of articles. Gingery, you know that a lathe is instrumental in building itself while you’re still working on it. In fact, if you’ve read the The Metal Lathe by David J. So no, a lathe can’t make itself really, but a lathe and a skilled craftsperson with a hand-scraper sure can. Before you harbor dreams of self-replication, however, know that most of an early lathe would be made by hand scraping the required flat surfaces. In that sense, the lathe is the most “fundamental” machine tool. It’s more accurate to say that there are parts in all machine tools that (arguably) only a lathe can make. While catchy, I think that’s a bit disingenuous. In fact, people love to utter the old saw that the lathe is the only machine tool that can make itself. There are very few things that you can’t make with one. The lathe is known as the King of Machine Tools for a reason.
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