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The Parts:

 * 01: Worklight. Often 24v for safety, then halogen for brightness, now LED is preferable
 * 02: 4-way toolpost. Enables 4 tools to be mounted and when the top lever is loosened the body can rotate a different tool into position. Helpful for production work. Often now being replaced by a Quick Change Tool Post.
 * 03: Coolant feed that is adjusted to provide cooling fluid direct to the cutting point.
 * 04: Topslide aka compound slide. Can rotate on the cross slide to make angled cuts.
 * 05: Saddle. the table that moves along the bed and carries the apron and cross slide
 * 06: tailstock barrel which holds eg a drill.
 * 07: lever to lock the tailstock barrel in position.
 * 08: lever for releasing the tailstock body to move it along the bed.
 * 09: tailstock which can move along the bed and be locked in place.
 * 10: * Dual Inch/Metric Calibrated Tailstock Quill with Knockout Tang; Heavy Duty Two Speed Tailstock
 * 11: tail stock hand feed wheel
 * 12: Lathe bed. The individual horizontal parts are the 'ways' or 'shears'.
 * 13: Leadscrew. This moves the saddle and hence cutting tool along the bed in a controlled way for screwcutting.
 * 14: Trip bar. Only found on production lathes this sets stop points along the length of the machine.
 * 15: base cabinet or stand
 * 16: Fixing bolt. may be designed to work as a leveling screw.
 * 17: Power control bar. Allows a lever on the moving saddle to rotate the bar and activate power on /off.
 * 18: emergency stop and brake bar.
 * 19: Feed rod. Rotates to move gears in the saddle to move the cutting tool along when feeding not screwcutting
 * 20: Rack. A gear on the saddle turned by the feed rod (19) bears on this to move the saddle along.
 * 21: Thread dial indicator. Used in screwcutting to keep an eye on the position of the thread/saddle
 * 22: apron reverse feed mechanism
 * 23: half nut engagement lever
 * 24: One-shot Lubrication for Apron, Carriage, and Bed Ways
 * 25: Apron
 * 26: Apron handwheel, Feed handle or saddle handle. Moves the saddle along
 * 27: Cross slide feed handle. Moves the cross slide moving the tool at right angles to the spindle axis
 * 28: saddle stop. A limit stop that can be moved to set a reference point to stop cutting.
 * 29: Thread selector on the Quick Change Gear Box screwcutting gearbox.
 * 30: 3 more selectors on the QCGB. One selects between threading and feeding using (13) or (19)
 * 31: Spindle Gear Attachment Lever
 * 32: Head stock
 * 33: Danger and Precautions Sign
 * 34: Spindle Speed Lever : Selects 1, 2, 3 or 4 gear position on the spindle speed chart.
 * 35: Threading/feed chart. This shows you how to set the quick change gear box (QCGB) levers to cut various threads
 * 36: Emergency stop button. (sometimes called and "E-Stop" or "EMO" for "EMergency Off")
 * 37: Headstock casting
 * 38: Chuck safety shield
 * 39: Chuck ("three jaw" chuck shown here. There are other types)