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Lathe vs Shaper - What's the difference?

lathe | shaper |

As nouns the difference between lathe and shaper

is that lathe is an administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century while shaper is one who shapes.

As a verb lathe

is to invite; bid; ask.

lathe

English

(wikipedia lathe)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lathen, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

  • To invite; bid; ask.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) . More at lade.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
    • He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe .
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part II Chapter IV, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • Of the windows of the village there was one yet more often occupied; for on Sundays from morning to night, and every morning when the weather was bright, one could see at the dormer-window of the garret the profile of Monsieur Binet bending over his lathe , whose monotonous humming could be heard at the Lion d'Or.
  • The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.
  • (obsolete) A granary; a barn.
    • (Chaucer)

    Verb

    (lath)
  • To shape with a lathe.
  • (computer graphics) To produce a 3D model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

    • See also

    * lath * turner

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    shaper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia shaper)
  • One who shapes.
    • the shaper of one's fortunes
    The secret of those old shapers died with them. — Lowell.
  • A machine tool in which a single-point cutting tool mounted on a reciprocating ram is traversed across the workpiece linearly. Shapers can generate various shapes, but were most especially employed in generating flat surfaces and keyways. The shaper is nowadays obsolescent, most of its applications being served by milling machines.
  • (surfing) A person who designs and builds surfboards.
    • He apprenticed with several notable Southern California shapers before packing his bags for Hawaii — Tom Linker [http://www.longboard.net/jl_sfriedman.html]

    Related terms

    * glasser

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