Lathe is a machine tool that mainly turns rotating workpieces with turning tools. On the lathe, you can also use drills, reamers, taps, dies and knurling tools for corresponding processing. In manufacturing machines, lathes play the role of a mainstay, and it can also be said that lathes are the "mother of machines". So who was the inventor of the first lathe?

1, Modsley.

2. 1797, the British mechanical inventor Maudslay invented a modern lathe with a tool rest driven by a lead screw. 1800 adopted changing gears to change the feed speed and the pitch of machining threads.

3. 18 17, another Englishman Roberts adopted a four-stage pulley and rear wheel mechanism to change the spindle speed.

4. In order to improve the degree of mechanization and automation, 1845, Fitch of the United States invented the turret lathe.

5. 1848, turning lathes appeared in America. 1873, Spencer of the United States made a single-axis automatic lathe, and soon he made a three-axis automatic lathe. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that there was a lathe with a gearbox driven by a single motor.

Although with the passage of time, some machines in the past have become very old, even in the eyes of contemporary people, these machines have become very outdated, but their contribution in that era is indelible. We should always remember the pioneers of mechanical manufacturing inventions, who brought us the power and vitality of human development. In the long river of human history, great inventions have shocked mankind again and again!