THE MACHINE TOOL LABORATORY — 5: Single‐Spindle Automatic Lathe Work Available to Purchase

Tests and exercises on the sliding‐head and standard types of single‐spindle automatic lathe are described in this fifth article. Next month Mr Walker concludes the series with a discussion of the place of shapers, planers, horizontal borers, jig borers and gear cutting machines in the laboratory; he also takes a look at some new techniques and possible future developments