Ko te lathe poutū, i mōhiotia hākinakina ai hei Pokapū Torno Poutū (VTC) whawhai rānei mill, ko te taputapu matatau e whakararangihia ana mō te mahi i ngā wāhi penei me te tino-āhua, taumaha, i te poto i zaitai ai ki ngā lathe horizonta noa. Ko tana tohu āhuatanga ko te spindle e tu ana poutū, arā ko te wāhi ka tū ai te kāwai ki runga i te tepu horizonta e pororangi ana (te chuck) ā, ko ngā taputapu tāpahi e tīmata ana mai i te tōrunga poutū. E whai whakaaro nui ana tēnei tohu mō te mahi i ngā wāhi nui. Ko te tohu poutū e tuku ana i te pūmahara tino pai, nā te mea ko te taumaha o te wāhi ka tautokona tika e te tapu matua me te tepu, ka iti ake te whanake i waenganui i ngā mahi tāpahi. Mā tēnei pūkenga pūmanawa e taea ai te wehe i ngā tikanga metara tino rereke ake i te pupuri i te tikanga. Anō hea, ko te hoahoa poutū e whakarahi ai te tīmatanga me te mutunga o ngā wāhi nui rawa. Ka taea e ngā karaihe tuitui te whakatakoto i ngā wāhanga tīwhikete ki runga i te tepu kāore he mahi pīroiroi e hiahiatia ana mō ngā lathe horizonta. Ko ngā lathe poutū e whakauru ana i tētahi hanganga parirau kaha e uta nei i ngā turituri taputapu, ka taea e rere poutū i te papa (te pito Z) me te rere horizonta anō hoki (te pito X). Ko ngā lathe poutū hou e whakauru ana i ngā whakaurunga taputapu ora, e taea ai te whakamahi i ngā mahi tārai, whawhai, tāpiri hoki i ngā mahi torno, ārainga, whawhai hoki. He mea nui rawa rātou mō te hanga i ngā porowhita nui, ngā paparinga, ngā paraka karu, ngā wāhanga turupai, me ētahi atu wāhanga rorohiko nui ake i ngā umanga pērā i te hauora, te taputapu taumaha, te rangahau ātea, me te inihini moana.
Kua rite kē te kapa hokohoko mātua ki te āwhina i a koe.