Conventional Lathe Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for safe and precise operation of a conventional lathe, covering planning, setup, machining, and quality control to produce high-quality turned components efficiently.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Conventional Lathe Course provides practical, shop-ready skills to operate a manual lathe safely and accurately. Learn PPE, pre-start checks, and problem response, then plan turning sequences for consistent, precise shafts. Master workholding, centres, tool selection, and cutting parameters, plus inspection, tolerances, and surface finish so you can reduce scrap, improve quality, and complete jobs with confidence.
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Develop skills
- Safe lathe operation: apply PPE, pre-start checks, and emergency responses.
- Turning strategy: plan roughing, finishing, and sequences for accurate shafts.
- Precision inspection: use micrometers and gauges to hold tight tolerances fast.
- Rigid setups: choose workholding, centres, and rests to cut without chatter.
- Cutting data mastery: set RPM, feed, and depth for clean finishes on steel shafts.
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