Considered a specialty power tool, a wood lathe is typically found in a woodturner’s or a furniture-maker’s shop. It’s used to create cylindrical wooden items that are symmetrical around a ...

In keeping with his recycling goals, the tool rest was fabricated from tubing reclaimed from a junked bicycle frame. This lathe is not a CNC machine, but judging from the wooden bowl he turned out ...

In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a green holly log into a podlet using very sharp tools.

For this, there is no better tool than a lathe. You can buy a small and relatively ... A dust mask or respirator is needed for woodworking so you don’t inhale wood particles.

Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or square can be turned down to a cylinder. Instead of spinning the tools, ...