heavy-duty lathe gives the lie to the latter argument — almost. We’re used to seeing homebrew lathes, of course, and we’ve featured more than a few of them before. But two things make [Jornt ...
In grand maker tradition, [Giertz] listened to her inner MYOG (Make Your Own Gnome) and got a lathe to learn to make her own handles instead of just buying some off the shelf. If you’re less ...
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 ...
Instead of spinning the tools, a lathe will spin the stock material to a high rpm and then remove the material using a static tool. Unless a more complex system of live tooling or synchronous machine ...
The lathe was made by Thomas Cooke and Sons whose main business was the manufacture of telescopes. The firm was one of the first to make optical instruments using factory methods, and expanded ...