Turning

Question 1

How can traditional milling machines be controlled?

Answer 1

By moving each axis manually

Question 2

What happens as you move each axis with a stepper motor?

Answer 2

Accurate movements can be controlled using CNC one of the most common forms of CAM

Question 3

What does CNC stand for?

Answer 3

Computer Numerical Control

Question 4

What does turning involve?

Answer 4

Rotating the work against a blade

Question 5

How can the cutter be moved?

Answer 5

Left and right (x)

Backwards and forwards (y)

Question 6

What different types of tools are used for turning?

Answer 6

Roughing tools
Knife tools
Round nosd tools
Parting tools
Boring tools

Question 7

What can a tailstock be used for?

Answer 7

To support long pieces of material or fitted with a drill chuck for drilling holes into the end of the material

Question 8

What happens on a wood-turning lathe?

Answer 8

Tool is rested on a support and guided by hand

Work can be held between centres or screwed onto a faceplate

Question 9

What are the four different types of tools used for wood turning?

Answer 9

Skew chisels
Gouges
Parting Chisels
Scrapers

Question 10

How can the movements of the work and the cutting tools be controlled on centre lathes?

Answer 10

Using stepper motors which allows the lathe to be numerically controlled

Question 11

What are CNC lathes particularly useful for?

Answer 11

Turning quantities of identical pieces