- Common name
- Lathe
- Material
- wood
Description
The lathe was used by woodworkers to machine pieces of wood. This machine tool, made of wood, allowed a piece of wood, fixed on a flat circular disk, to rotate. The rotary motion was generated by an electric motor, which transmitted the motion through belts and gears. The workpiece was placed on a dragger, and as the lathe turned, the carpenter worked it to obtain sections of wood of different shapes. The lathe was present in the carpenter's workshop and was used for craft activities such as cutting, carving, and sanding wood.
Use
- Areas of use
- craft activities
- Specific use
- woodworking
- Craft
- carpenter
Preserved specimen
Wooden machine tool used for machining a workpiece placed in rotation, consisting of a complex with an electric motor that, by means of transmission belts and gears, transmits the rotational motion to a flat circular element on which is installed a drive, intended to hold the workpiece. Attached to the right of this is a rigid pallet provided at its top with two ground parallel guides.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00519
