Machining Comparison: Turning, Milling, and Drilling
What is Machining? Comparison of Turning, Milling, and Drilling
The lathe and the milling machine are two tools used to cut and machine different types of raw material in a wide variety of sectors. Despite being very common in the industry, there are still questions about what their differences are and why they are sometimes labeled “CNC” and sometimes not. We are going to answer these questions for you!
Lathes and milling machines are both used to cut raw material, but they have very different ways of doing it. Lathes turn the material, while a milling machine uses a rotary tool for various cutting operations. To use either one, you must know the differences between the two and what each is capable of.