The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned
Working wood by applying cutting tools to a rotating wooden surface, resulting in rounded, often highly-sculptural members The device which rotates the wood is called a lathe Turning is one of the most ancient wood-working processes, dating back at least as far as the Ancient Egyptians (whose lathes were operated by a bowstring) Term also refers to the object which is created by this method
Typically the machining process where the workpiece is rotating and the cutting tool is held fixed as it moves across the workpiece
{i} action of the person or thing that turns, rotating; place of a change in direction; act of shaping an object on a lathe; object which is shaped on a lathe
The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander
Term usually used for machining a brake drum or rotor, since process is carried out on a lathe
act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"
Wood that is cut on a lathe into a round object with a distinctive profile Furniture legs, posts, rungs, etc , are usually made in this way
Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools