How To Run A Lathe

This classic work, which contains 62 diagrams and illustrations, is organized as follows: 


Layout of a Small Machine Shop 

Horse Power 

Ordering Repair Parts 

Number and Name of Lathe Parts on Drawing 

Improved Reverse 

The New Lathe 

Location of Lathe 

Size of Lathe 

Setting the Lathe in Position 

Leveling Lathe 

Belting 

Rules for Calculating the Speed and Size of Pulleys 

Speed of Lathe Countershaft 

Oil the Lathe Every Day 

Starting Lathe 

Carriage 

Face Plate 

Lathe Centers 

Direction of Feed With a Job on Centers 

Centering 

Countersinking a Shaft 

Drill and Countersink 

Improper Centering 

Proper Countersink 

Drill and Countersink Combined 

Turning a Steel Shaft 

A Shaft in the Center Best 

Forged Steel Lathe Tools 

Lathe Tools 

Knurling in the Lathe 

Position of Cutting Edge of Tool 

Grinding the Tool 

Facing End of Shaft 

Standard Screw Threads 

Measuring Screw Threads 

Thread Cutting 

Change Gears for Thread Cutting 

Thread Cutting 

Index Plate 

Compound Gearing 

Compound Gearing 

Setting of Thread Tool 

The First Chip (Thread Gutting) 

Grinding Tool After Thread Has Been Started 

Turning Taper 

Taper Attachment for South Bend Lathes 

Truing a Valve 

Grinding Attachments for Lathe 

Suggestions on Emery Wheel 

Table of Grinding Wheel Speeds 

Drilling and Facing on the Engine Lathe 

Using the Lathe as a Drill Press 

South Bend Milling and Key-Way Cutting Attachment for Lathes 

Squaring a Steel Shaft in the Lathe 

Key Seating Wood-Ruff System 

Keyseating a Steel Shaft 

Standard Key-Ways for Pulleys and Shafts 

Boring in the Lathe 

16-Inch Lathe Boring a 30-Inch Fly Wheel 

Principal Dimensions of South Bend Gap Lathes 

Raising Blocks 

How to Temper a Lathe Tool 

How to Anneal a Piece of Tool Steel 

Case Hardening 

Using a Reamer in the Lathe 

Information on Gears 

The Cutting Speed for Different Metals 

Rule for Gearing Up Engine Lathes for Screw Cutting 

Gear Guards for South Bend Lathe 

How to Anneal Brass or Copper 

How to Braze 

Fitting Chucks to the Lathe 

Size of Lathe Chucks for a Lathe 

Metric Threads on an English Lead Screw 

Making a Piston Ring 

No. 34—13-Inch Swing South Bend Screw Lathe 

Making a Ball Race and Cone 

No. 37—15-Inch South Bend Lathe 

No. 40—16-Inch South Bend Lathe 

Don’ts for Machinists