![]() ![]() Some American makers, South Bend for example, also quoted the bed length as part of the specification however, this is an irrelevant figure - it neither tells you the longest piece of material that can be turned, nor the length of the lathe. With a “bigger-and-better” attitude the Americans of course quote the largest diameter of a workpiece that can be turned clear over the bed - termed the "swing" - and so, in the example above, the American sizing would be 8" x 24". In this case the centre height is 4" and the distance between centres (the maximum length of material the lathe can accommodate) 24". The "English" method of sizing a lathe is to quote the centre height - or "throw" - the distance from the centre of the chuck to the nearest point on the bed. When you see a lathe branded as, for example, 4" x 24" what does this mean? ![]()
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