There may be few cases where the maxim that “you get what you pay for” rings true, than a lathe. The less you spend on a lathe, the closer you get to a lathe-shaped object and the further from ...

Most professionals would put a polygon on the end of a turned part using a milling machine. But many a hobbyist doesn’t have ...

Learn to build a robust mini lathe using 3D printing and concrete casting, perfect for hobbyists and small-scale ...

In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a decorative box from coloured veneer pieces cast in epoxy resin.

When turning wood on a lathe, each workpiece is mounted between the headstock (top) and the tailstock (bottom) with pointed ...

The importance of the iron-cutting lathe to the Industrial Revolution is rarely appreciated. A number of ingenious lathe mechanisms can be traced back to the Middle Ages By Robert S. Woodbury ...

Lathe Tool Geometry provides a description of single-point lathe tool angles, detailing the effect these angles have on a cutting operation. Tool angles have a significant impact on a cutting ...

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method meaning that material will be removed. Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder).

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.