[File:Lathe.PNG|thumb|right|A metalworking lathe from 1911, showing component parts:
a – bed
b – carriage (with cross-slide and toolpost)
c – headstock
d – back gear (other geartrain nearby drives leadscrew)
e – cone pulley for a belt drive from an external power source
f – faceplate mounted on spindle
g – tailstock
h – leadscrew ]]