Let’s say you’ve recently bought a lathe and set it up in your shop ... but the proof is in the cut. Precision leveling gets your machine in the ballpark (machinists have very small ballparks ...

I made a handle for a new tool out of palm wood and red oak. It isn't perfect, but I learned a lot. What do you think?

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method (Removal of Material). Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or ...

That is, unless you’ve got the proper tool. We figure [Machine Mechanic] must need to cut a lot of them, as they spent quite a bit of time perfecting this custom lathe attachment to automate the ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming ... The machine rotates the metal and cutting tool moves in different directions to shape metal.