We’ve seen quite a few scratch built lathes here at Hackaday, but none quite like the handcrafted pole lathe put together by [Jon Townsend] and his band of Merry Men as part of their effort to ...

Witness the transformation of discarded logs into stunning works of art through amazing woodturning crazy techniques. With bold ideas and creative craftsmanship, raw wood is skillfully shaped on a ...

Big lathes also often need access to an overhead crane or chain fall for changing large chucks, or manipulating ... workbench the machine is sitting on. Wood floors are not ideal for a floor ...

Another dimension on a wood lathe is the center to center measurement, this determines the maximum length of material that can be mounted between the headstock and tailstock. A metal lathe spins a ...

See how skilled lathe operators in a local factory transform rusted iron into precision spur gears. Witness the expert ...

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method (Removal of Material). Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or ...

Wood turning tools are designed to combat ... To safely perform a facing operation with a lathe cutting tool, the end of the workpiece must be as close as possible to the jaws of a chuck. In machining ...

A metal lathe is like the wood lathe in the type of shapes it can ... The machine is driven by motor that rotates a blank of metal on chuck. The machine rotates the metal and cutting tool moves ...

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The Converse By You x Billie Eilish has officially launched, and it’s letting you be the artist alongside the singer’s favorite styles—a standard high-top and a platform chuck.

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What is workholding and why is it important? Workholding is how stock is held during operations on CNC mills and lathes. Unlike in CAD, parts don’t just float in 3D space. Something needs to grab onto ...