Lathe vs. Router — What's the Difference?

A lathe () is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object with symmetry about that axis.Lathes are used in woodturning, metalworking, metal spinning, thermal spraying, parts reclamation, and glass-working. Lathes can be used to shape pottery, the best-known design being the Potter's wheel.

A power tool with a shaped cutter, used in carpentry for making grooves for joints, decorative mouldings, etc.

A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing a fixed cutting or abrading tool against it.

A device which forwards data packets to the appropriate parts of a computer network.

To cut or shape on a lathe.

One that routs, especially a machine tool that mills out the surface of metal or wood.

To invite; bid; ask.

One that routes, especially one who prepares shipments for distribution and delivery.

To shape with a lathe.

A device in a network that handles message transfers between computers.

(computer graphics) To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

See gateway.

(obsolete) An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.

Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.

A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

(telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.

(weaving) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.

(obsolete) A granary; a barn.

In integrated circuit or printed circuit board design, an algorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules.

Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.

A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.

A granary; a barn.

A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.

A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.

A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.

The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; - called also lay and batten.

To hollow out or cut using a router power tool.

Machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.

A machine with a rapidly revolving vertical spindle and cutter for scooping out the surface of wood or metal, as between and around the engraved parts of an electrotype.

A worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery

(computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks

A power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves