The machine that spins the workpiece against a fixed cutting tool, making perfectly round work possible: bowls, spindles, chair legs and pens in the home woodshop, and precision parts in the machine shop. Woodturning on a lathe is a complete craft discipline of its own. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Introduced When (Circa)In use in ancient Egypt by circa 1300 BC as a two-person bow-driven lathe 1 OriginThe earliest evidence of a lathe is a depiction in the tomb of Petosiris, dating to 4th century BC Egypt. 1 Introduced era (class) Connections
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The earliest evidence of a lathe is a depiction in the tomb of Petosiris, dating back to 4th century BC Egypt.
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