Unlock the easiest and fastest lathe working technique in this engaging video. Designed specifically for new woodworkers, this simple skill will help you quickly get comfortable using a lathe and ...

Adjust or shim the lathe’s tailstock-end feet a little bit ... of your ways is too low (the toolbit is getting closer to the work as it travels). If the chuck-end of the bar is larger, the ...

We align our stock on a center line in the work holding installed in the lathe and rely on our work coordinate system that we set up to try to match it as best as possible in real life. Our work ...

They are both very useful, but at some point you may want to start working with round parts (or convert square-ish items into round parts). For this, there is no better tool than a lathe.

The owner's manual for each lathe indicates a working tolerance of 0.005 of an inch, automatic feed, and a chuck guard with a micro switch for safety. There are 18 thread settings ranging from 12 ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming materials. This is usually done by removing material to form a shape, or drilling and cutting to create threads. The lathe is driven by a motor that ...

Bill Campbell, age 89, retired from making his famous pottery 4 years ago. He's been making beautiful wooden bowls ever since ...

One even toured the world in a show about English crafts.This lathe tells of an ordinary Berkshire man whose work had a profound impact on early twentieth century craft. Like his forebears ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe believed to have been used to fashion the main guns of Japan's mighty World War II battleship Yamato was in danger of becoming a rusting relic until a ...