Machinery Repairman

ways in alignment with the headstock. The headstock
is permanently bolted to the end at the operator’s left.
Figure 6-2 shows the ways of a typical lathe. The
inset shows the inverted V-shaped ways (1, 3, and 4)
Figure 6-1.—Gear-head engine lathe.
6-2
and the flat way (2). The ways are accurately
machined parallel to the axis of the spindle and to
each other. The V-ways are guides that allow the
carriage and tailstock to move over them only in their
longitudinal direction. The flat way, number 2, takes