This document provides an overview of different types of lathes and their uses. It describes engine lathes, bench lathes, tracer lathes, automatic lathes, turret lathes, and computer controlled lathes. It also discusses common lathe operations like turning, facing, boring, drilling, threading, and knurling. Finally, it presents examples of work holding devices like chucks, collets, and magnetic chucks and provides formulas and examples of problems involving lathe speed calculations and determining the angle for cutting a taper.