Worksheet No.

7 Techniques in Facing, Parallel Turning,

Grooving and Shoulder Turning

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Learning outcomes:
Turn Workpiece
Learning Activity:
1.1. Objectives

1. Identify the following lathe operation;

• Facing
• Parallel turning
• Shoulder turning
2. Describe the purpose and uses of the lathe operation.
3. Perform the techniques in doing the operations.
Test Yourself

Test I. Direction. Encircle the letter that correspond to the correct answer.

1. In turning, facing is carried out to

a. Machine a workpiece to the required tolerances
b. Machine a workpiece to the required diameter
c. Machine a workpiece to the required length
d. Machine a workpiece to the required radius

2. One of the purposed of parallel turning is to

a. Produce a datum edge
b. Reduce the length of the workpiece
c. Produce a true cylindrical surface
d. Machine various steps along the workpiece

3. The three common types of shoulders in turning are the square shoulder, the
bevelled shoulder and the
a. Brazed shoulder
b. Rounded Shoulder
c. Filleted Shoulder
d. Threaded shoulder
4. The purpose of a square shoulder on a workpiece is to
a. Allow a circlip to be fitted
b. Strengthen the corner
c. Allow self-centring of mating parts
d. Allow mating parts fit flatly onto each other
5. Square shoulders may be turned with a parting-off tool or a
a. Boring tool
b. Knife-edge tool
c. Roughing tool
d. Round nose tool

6. Cutting the material from the outside to the centre or from the centre to the
outside.
a. Turning
b. Facing
c. Parallel Turning
d. Shoulder Turning

7. This is done by feeding the cutting tool longitudinally along the workpiece.
a. Turning
b. Facing
c. Parallel Turning
d. Shoulder Turning

8. It is the process of machining the surfaces between two different diameters to

a definite shape.
a. Turning
b. Facing
c. Parallel Turning
d. Shoulder Turning

9. It is made to allow self-centering of mating parts.

a. Square shoulder
b. Flat shoulder
c. Bevelled Shoulder
d. Filleted Shoulder

10. It is made to allow mating parts to fit flatly onto each other.
a. Square shoulder
b. Flat shoulder
c. Bevelled Shoulder
d. Filleted Shoulder