Typically the machining process where the workpiece is rotating and the cutting tool is held fixed as it moves across the workpiece.

an ornamental or structural part of furniture made by rotating a cylindrical piece of wood on a lathe and shaping it with cutting tools.

Turning is shaping vegetables and sometimes fruit into regular "barrel" or "olive" shapes using a small hook-billed knife. - Close

Decoration produced by rotating or turning wood on a lathe and cutting it to form twisted or bulbous designs. All periods have employed turning, especially on the legs of tables. The design of the turning is often the key to the period to which the furniture belongs.

Removing metal from the outside of a part by means of a tool in a lathe or similar machine tool.

Working wood by applying cutting tools to a rotating wooden surface, resulting in rounded, often highly-sculptural members. The device which rotates the wood is called a lathe. Turning is one of the most ancient wood-working processes, dating back at least as far as the Ancient Egyptians (whose lathes were operated by a bowstring). Term also refers to the object which is created by this method.

The shaping of legs or trim on a lathe.

Wood that is cut on a lathe into a round object with a distinctive profile. Furniture legs, posts, rungs, etc., are usually made in this way.

The lathing to shape table and chair legs, etc.

The shaping of chair or table legs on a lathe.

The shaping of wood lengths while spinning on a central axis, as on a lathe. Legs, trim, spindles and finials are common turned elements of furniture.

Cutting a vegetable into barrel shapes see also turning knives[back to the top

Turning, one of the most ancient wood-working processes, is done by the application of cutting tools to the rotating surface. The device for rotating or turning the wood is called a lathe. This is the oldest idea in wood-working machinery. Egyptian lathes were operated by a bowstring; later lathes were worked by treadles. In the Middle Ages, a form of spring lathe depended on the elasticity of a wood lever alternately winding and unwinding a winch. Probably the earliest application of water power and later, stream power was to the lathe, so that in all ages turning has been convenient and direct method of treating decoratively.

Shaping materials using a lathe.

Turning, is the process used to produce cylindrical components in a lathe. It can be done manually, or using a CNC machine.

act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"