Repairing Your Own Machine Components

Many industrial concerns have workshops of theirpoint. The lathe and shaping machine use single point
own. For thecutting tool
repair of worn shafts, the lathe machine is excellent.while the milling and drilling machines use
Keywaymultiple-point-cutting
slots can be machined by using a milling machine,tools.Metal is cut either by moving the work piece
while alike in the lathe or
shaping machine can do machining of large flat areas.by moving the tool like in the shaping machine, drilling
Aor
drilling machine does drilling of holes.A skilledmilling machine. Clearance angles must be provided to
Maintenance Engineer should know how to use allprevent the
thesetool surface below the cutting edge from rubbing
machines in order to make his own repairs in a safeagainst the work
manner. Verypiece. Rake angles are often provided on cutting
often he has to supervise machinists. Thetools to cause a
information belowwedging action in the formation of chips and to
should be useful for that purpose.Lathe MachineThereduce friction and
lathe machine uses a single-point-cutting tool for aheat.Tool MaterialsIn order to remove chips from a
varietywork piece, a cutting tool must be
of turning, facing, and drilling jobs. Excess metal isharder than the work piece and must maintain a
removedcutting edge at the
by rotating the work piece over the fixed cuttingtemperature produced by the friction of the cutting
tool to formaction.Carbon SteelCarbon steel tools even though
straight or tapered cylindrical shapes, grooves,comparatively inexpensive tend to
shoulders andlose cutting ability at temperatures around 400
screw threads. It can also be used for facing flatdegree F (205
surfaces ondegree C).High-Speed SteelHigh-speed steel,
the ends of cylindrical parts.The work piece iscontaining 18 percent tungsten, 4 percent chromium,
clamped onto a horizontal rotating shaft by a1 percent vanadium, and only 0.5 to 0.8 percent
3-jaw or 4-jaw chuck. The latter chuck can be usedcarbon, permits the
to cutoperation of tools twice or three times the speeds
off-centered cylinders. The rotating horizontal spindleallowable with
to whichcarbon steelCast AlloysCast-alloy cutting-tool
the chuck is attached is usually driven at speedsmaterials containing cobalt, chromium, and
that can betungsten are effective in cutting cast iron and
varied.The cutting tool is fixed onto a tool rest andretaining their
manipulated bycutting ability even when red hot.Cemented
hand. It can also be power driven on straight pathsTungsten CarbideThe hardness of Tungsten Carbide
parallel orapproaches that of a diamond.
perpendicular to the work axis. This is useful forTungsten carbide tools can be operated at cutting
screw cutting.Internal turning known as boring resultsspeeds many times
in the enlargement ofhigher than those used with high-speed
an already existing hole. The holes are moresteel.OxidesCeramic, or oxide, tool tips consist
accurate inprimarily of fine aluminum oxide
roundness, concentricity, and parallelism than drilledgrains, which are bonded together. These are very
holes. Ahard.Cutting fluidsAn overheated tool can become
hole is bored with a single-point-cutting tool thatblunt and soft very fast. Therefore
feeds alongvery often, cooling fluids cools the cutting points of
the inside of the work piece.Shaping MachineThethe tool. This
shaping machine is used to machine flat surfaces,serves to lubricate and cool.Water is an excellent
grooves,cooling medium, but it corrodes ferrous
shoulders, T-slots, and angular surfaces withmaterials. Sulfurized mineral oil is one of the most
single-point tools.popular coolants
The cutting tool on the shaper oscillates, cutting onas it can both cool as well as lubricate. The sulfur
the forwardprevents chips
stroke, with the work piece feeding automaticallyfrom the work from melting on to the tip of the
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as single point or multiple