tools<\/a> are necessary to assist in the process. Our ancestors were clever, and in order to facilitate the use of tools for processing, the earliest prototype of lathes, the wooden lathe, was born about two thousand years ago.<\/span><\/p>\nAs a prototype, it was still quite rough, as you can see from the picture. When operating it, one would step on a loop below the rope, use the flexibility of the tree branch to rotate the workpiece, and use stone or shells as cutting tools to cut the object along the horizontal bar.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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In the 13th century, the prototype of lathes was also developing. One could not always rely on trees. At this time, the “foot-operated lathe,” also known as the elastic pole lathe, was invented. The user would rotate the crankshaft with a foot pedal, which would drive the flywheel and then the main spindle, causing<\/span> it to rotate. However, the operating principle was still the same as before, except that metal was used for the cutting tools.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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A Frenchman named Besson in Europe designed a lathe for screw cutting that allowed the cutting tool to slide through the screw, which was achieved by the use of a screw thread. The cutting tool was no longer fixed in one position.<\/p>\n
The prototype of the lathe at this stage has been introduced. Although the prototype continued to evolve, the power source still had not departed from the original wooden lathe. The continuous power supply was still a big problem, as even the most skilled humans would still experience fatigue.<\/p>\n
Steam engines and lathes<\/h1>\n
As a steel master, Wilkinson invented the boring machine in 1774, which was the world’s first truly meaningful boring machine.<\/p>\n
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