Talk:Lathe (disambiguation)

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I hesitated to incorporporate some changes for fear of breaking a series of links. What I have to offer is out of the U.S. market's way of organizing this information. Here is what is currently on the disambiguation page:

Lathe (tool), used in turning wood, metals and other materials.
Lathe (metal), a specific form of lathe used specifically for turning metals.

Here is what I think should be on that page but it breaks some links I don't know how to fix yet.

Lathe (turning machines), overview of turning machines.
Lathe (woodworking machine tool), used in turning wood, some metals and other materials.
Lathe (engine lathe), a specific form of lathe used specifically for turning metals and other materials.

There are many kinds of lathes. People who are looking for information on lathe could be looking for a few different things:

History of turning machines
An overall discussion of turning machines, those machines that grip a part and turn it so that a cutting tool may be brought to bear against the part.
A taxonomy of turning machines, vertical, horizontal, turret, threading, and many more taxonomic distinctions
Specifics on woodturning lathes, a machine tool
Specifics on metalturning lathes, a machine tool, this article should probable be titled "engine lathe" and linked off of the disambiguation page that way.

Begs 08:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I find Lathe (woodworking machine tool) to be a little excessive. Lathe (woodworking) might be better. Similarly Lathe (engine lathe) doesn't mean anything to me, so even if it is the more technically correct description I think many would find it less informative than Lathe (metalworking) which might redirect to Engine lathe.

Jake 21:07, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]