Conventional Lathe Operator Course
This course equips participants with hands-on skills to operate a conventional lathe, focusing on safety, precision machining, and preparation of parts for welding, ensuring high-quality production in a machine shop environment.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Conventional Lathe Operator Course provides practical, step-by-step training to operate a manual lathe safely and accurately. You will learn proper workholding, alignment, and cutting data for medium carbon steel, along with essential metrology and tolerancing skills. Additionally, you will master troubleshooting, surface preparation for strong joints, and a complete machining sequence to produce precise, consistent parts with confidence.
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Develop skills
- Safe lathe setup & PPE: apply pro safety checks in any machine shop.
- Precision turning & metrology: hit diameters and lengths to tight tolerances.
- Workholding & alignment: choose chucks, centers, and supports for rigid setups.
- Cutting data & tooling: set RPM, feeds, and tools for medium carbon steel.
- Welding-ready finishes: machine, deburr, and prep parts for clean, strong welds.
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