CNC Basic

Lathe Tooling
  External Turnings
 Boring Bars
Types of  Drills
Tools  Threading
 Parting
External Turing

 They are great at just what the

name implies, cutting away the
exterior of your piece. This
include roughing or finishing
work.
Boring Bars
► You can recognize these by their circular, bar design.
They come in a bunch of different sizes, with one main
purpose – to make an already existing hole bigger or to
refine the finish of hole.
Drills

► If you’re new to lathe work,

you can picture this as a
power tool drill, but instead
of the machine spinning the
cutting tool into the
workpiece, it’s the exact
opposite. The workpiece is
moving really fast and the
drill is secured in a
stationary position. The
holes boring bars make
have a rougher finish, but if
you’re going to thread it
later on, that’s perfect.
Threading
► Threading tools can add threads to
both the interior and exterior of your
workpiece. For instance, if you need to
make a workpiece that you can
thread a screw into, you can use
internal threading tools after pre-drilling
the hole. If you want to make the
screw with threads, you can also do
that with external threading tools.

► OD – Outside Diameter
► ID – Inside Diameter
Parting

► Parting tools are also very

important and do much
more than their name
imply. These tools can
part, groove, and cut off
workpieces while offering
a consistent, smooth
finish. This is what you’ll be
using a lot of if you’re
doing detailed exterior
work.
Knurling
 Knurling Tool which used displacing
metal into particular pattern for the
purpose creating a hand grip or
roughed surface on the work piece.
Tool Varieties

► Right Hand
► Left Hand
► Neutral

► Describes how the cutting

tool faces the workpiece
and what direction your
lathe is spinning the work
piece.
Right Hand Tool

Right handed tools curve into the left

Feed to the left
Left Hand Tool

Left handed tools curve to the right

Feeds to right
Netural hand Tool

Feed both directions

Tool Direction

Grooving Threading Left- Right- Neutral Right- Right-

Tool Tool Handed Handed 62.5° Tool Handed Handed
95° Tool 95° Tool 93° Tool 90° Tool
Tool Operations
Turning (Contour or Profile; HSMWorks Term)
Taper

Chamfer

Form

Facing

Drilling, Reaming
Boring

Threading – Internal or External

Parting/Cutoff

Knurling
Tool Operations

Turning

Profile Chamfering

Parting