Ko te turn lathe, e mōhiotia ana hītori ko te lathe anake, ko tētahi o ngā taputapu whakapae me te māmātia i te hanga, i āhua ai hauauru mō te hanga i ngā wāhanga pūmahana tōpū ki te tikanga e kiia nei ko te turning. I tēnei tikanga whakapae, ka karangaranga te wāhanga mahi ki te tere nui ake, ā, ka whakauru atu tētahi taputapu tāpene e tu ana ki te tango i te matapae, ā, ka hangaia ngā rerekētanga pūrangi. Ko te takotoranga matua kei te headstock kei roto te spindle matua e karangaranga ana i te wāhanga mahi, he tailstock hei tautoko i ngā wāhanga mahi roa, he carriage hei nekeneke i te taputapu tāpene i te tūru, ā, he tool post hei pupuri i te tāpene. E herea ana ngā lathe ā-ringa taketake ki te tāwhai tonu i te kaimahi mō te nekeneke i te taputapu, ā, ko ngā lathe CNC hou ka whakahaere aunoa i ēnei mahi mā ngā tohutohu kua whakarārangihia. Ko ngā mahi matua turning ko te facing (te whakapae i ngā mata maroke ki te mutunga o ngā pūrangi), te straight turning (te whakaiti i te tōpū o te wāhanga mahi), te taper turning (te hanga i ngā mata konikete), te grooving, ā, te thread cutting. Kua tipu ake ngā lathe turning hou ki ngā pokapū turning CNC matatau e uru mai ana i ētahi atto whanaketanga pērā i te live tooling mō ngā mahi milling me drilling, ngā spindles tuarua mō te tino tukanga wāhanga i ngā tautuhinga kotahi, ā, ngā pūnaha tuku aunoa mō te hanga kaha. Ka taea e ēnei taputapu te pupuri i ngā paerewa tino tata, ā, ka hangaia ngā āhua herenga herenga mā te whakahaere tūhuratia o ngā aronga maha. Kei te pūmau tonu te turn lathe i runga i ngā takiwā katoa o te hanga mō te hanga i ngā shafts, bushings, pins, fittings, me te maha atu o ngā wāhanga pūmahana e hangaia ana i te tuanui mekanikale o ngā taputapu anga, ngā pūnaha motokā, me ngā hua kaihoko.
Kua rite kē te kapa hokohoko mātua ki te āwhina i a koe.