How To Run A Lathe by South Bend Lathe Works

How To Run A Lathe

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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

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