Let’s say you’ve recently bought a lathe and set it up in your shop. Maybe you’ve even gone and leveled it like a boss. You’re ready to make chips, right? Well, not so fast. As real ...

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 ...

In all, it took about 20 minutes to get it set up. Softer woods, such as pine and cedar, are less dense and prone to tearing or splintering when turned on a lathe, so we rounded up several pieces ...

Ask a carpenter about a lathe and you may well be there for a while ... such as handles in the case of digital pottery. The points can be set to curved or angled to create a sweeping, organic ...