Discover an amazing idea for transforming an ordinary angle grinder into a homemade lathe machine! In this innovative video, we take you through the step-by-step process of repurposing your angle ...

Discover an amazing tool in this exciting video where we guide you through building a homemade lathe machine. Perfect for DIY enthusiasts, this tutorial offers a step-by-step process to create a ...

Engine Lathe Basics provides an introduction to the components and controls used on a manual lathe. The lathe creates cylindrical parts by producing a round diameter on a part by rotating a workpiece ...

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 ...

I entered the Army in 1988 as a military occupational specialty (MOS) 44E (machinist) under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program. Since I had received industry standard manual machinist training, ...

We see a lot of CNC Machines here on Hackaday but not too many of them are lathe-based. [Jim] sent us an email letting us know his dissatisfaction regarding the lack of CNC Lathes and included a link ...