Cutting records with this type of lathe is the opposite of mass production. "If someone wants 10 copies, I've got to cut 10 records. It's all real-time. There's no way to speed it up," Houghten says.

Lathe Tool Geometry provides a description of single-point lathe tool angles, detailing the effect these angles have on a cutting operation. Tool angles have a significant impact on a cutting ...

These include simple digital readout; on-screen CAM-based; electronic handwheel teach and repeat; cut and ... the lathe eliminated transfer of the part to a machining center for drilling. The result ...