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Lathe may refer to:

In woodworking and metalworking

• Geometric lathe, used for making ornamental patterns on the plates used in printing bank notes and postage stamps
• Lathe (metal), a lathe used specifically for metals
• Lathe, used in turning wood, metals and other materials
• Rose engine lathe, a specialized kind of ornamental lathe

Other uses

• Disc cutting lathe, the groove cutting machine used in the production of vinyl records
• Lathe (county subdivision), formerly an administrative division of the county of Kent, England
• Lathe (graphics), a method of forming 3D computer graphics
• Learning and teaching in higher education (LATHE), and hence the diploma awarded by the University of Oxford, PGDipLATHE