The lathe is known as the King of Machine Tools for a reason. There are very few things that you can’t make with one. In fact, people love to utter the old saw that the lathe is the only machine tool ...

Peek under the veil of an underground group of musicians and sound engineers who own record lathes, machines that cut music records from blank discs. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

• Having trouble with chatter when turning or parting on a lathe? Turn the cutting tool upside down and reverse the machine’s spindle rotation. This creates a pulling force against the machine’s ...

Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer controls on his import mini-lathe. But rather than suffer through it, he ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Starting a woodworking hobby is a great way to learn a creative and functional skill, ...

For a vase, a hole was drilled in the top by the small coring machine that used a rotating pipe drill with square notches on the cutting surface. The carborundum lathe was patented by Willis Lane and ...