[bongodrummer] wanted to use a lathe to make some gifts for his family ... This lathe is not a CNC machine, but judging from the wooden bowl he turned out we’d say this project is a huge ...

Our Ratings: Ease of Use 4.5/5; Operation 4.8/5; Build Quality 5/5; Value 4.5/5 The first thing we noticed upon unboxing the Grizzly wood lathe was its heft! This is a well-built machine that ...

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 build a period-accurate 18th century log cabin homestead.