Abstract :
The lathe is one of the production process machines used to form
cylindrical workpieces. The machining process will determine the surface
roughness at a certain level, this study was conducted to determine the surface
roughness value of the workpiece, after turning it using a variation of tool angle
60?, 70?, 80? and engine rotation speed 200 rpm, 300 rpm, 1100 rpm with steel
material ST37 and allumunium 6061. Based on the results of this study, the lowest
workpiece surface roughness was found at 1100 rpm rotation speed with a large
tool angle of 80? on the material type of carbon steel ST 37 at 1.373 ?m, while for
the Allumunium 6061 material the lowest roughness was found at the speed 1100
rpm rotation and 60? tool angle with a roughness value of 1.1465 ?m.