The word 'lathes' is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to a machine tool used for shaping wood, metal, or other material by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing a fixed cutting or abrading tool against it. Example: He used a variety of lathes to create intricate designs in the wooden furniture he was crafting.
He also made the tools that made them, except for the lathes and turning engines.
If that sounds a bit arty, it is: Mr Schmitt is a former art student from Germany who used to cadge time on factory lathes and milling machines to make mechanised sculptures.
The business provides jobs for 20 of the ejido's 138 members, hauling lumber, turning lathes and planting trees, and each member gets an annual profit share of around 15,000 pesos ($1,150).Over 75% of Mexico's forests, which range from temperate spruce and fir to tropical rainforest, are controlled by local communities, either ejidos or indigenous groups.
Old-school engineers worked with lathes, drills, stamping presses and moulding machines.
In Mr Weatherill's converted old mill, where once hundreds of workers would have sat at their looms, tens of robot lathes now hum under the watchful eyes of barely a dozen supervisors.
The following are examples of production machine tools that are modifications of basic machine tools: (1) turret lathes, including screw machines; (2) multiple-station machines; (3) gang drills; and (4) production milling machines.
Boring and turning operations are also performed on large vertical turret lathes or on larger boring mills.
Continuous-path NC systems are commonly used on machines that perform contouring operations, such as milling machines, lathes, flame-cutting machines, and drafting machines.
For internal turning on solid workpieces, holes are drilled first; engine lathes are equipped for drilling coaxial holes.
The chief industries are machine and instrument building (automobiles, tractors, lathes, motorcycles, televisions, and radio receivers).
