Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, including modern practice with engine lathes, turret lathes, vertical and horizontal boring machines

CHAPTER II

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LATHE TURNING TOOLS AND CUTTING SPEEDS

Turning Tools for General Work--Tool-holders with Inserted Cutters--The Position of Turning Tools--Tool Grinding--Shape or Contour of Cutting Edge--Direction of Top Slope for Turning Tools--Clearance for the Cutting Edge--Angle of Tool-point and Amount of Top Slope--Grinding a Lathe Tool--Cutting Speeds and Feeds--Average Cutting Speeds for Turning--Factors which Limit the Cutting Speed--Rules for Calculating Cutting Speeds--Feed of Tool and Depth of Cut--Effect of Lubricant on Cutting Speed--Lubricants Used for Turning--Lard Oil as a Cutting Lubricant 54-79