Don't have a lathe you can work metal on? The next best thing is just watching it happen. Here's one cutting a spiral pattern into a workpiece, much like the texture on metal stairs used to increase ...

If you’re planning to make a metalworking lathe out of a CNC milling machine, you probably don’t expect getting a position sensor to work to be your biggest challenge. Nevertheless, this was [Anthony ...

Instructables user Random_Canadian turned a power drill and miscellaneous other power tool parts into a functioning mini-metal lathe that can machine copper and aluminum. As assembled the mini-lathe ...

[McKGyver] needed a few parts manufactured. Instead of going the normal route – finding friends with machine tools or paying a machine shop, he improvised a rudimentary metal lathe. The finished ...

Motor: 2 HP, 220V, 1-phase, 8.6A Swing: 20-1/4" Max. distance spindle-to-table: 18-1/8" Table size: 9-1/2" x 31-1/2" Table travel (X-, Y-Axis): 22", 7-1/2" Head travel (Z-Axis): 13-3/4" ...

In this hands-on workshop attendees will learn the fundamentals of working with a metal lathe. Attendees will learn about parts of the lathe machine, basic usage and safety guidelines.

A new chapter in the workshop begins as one builder brings home a classic Swedish Blomqvist BSN 600 metal lathe. Once ...