This unique lathe technique allows you to make tapered plates without the need for a milling machine, an innovative method ...

Taper Turning on the Engine Lathe describes how to machine common types of tapers on an engine lathe. Cylindrical tapers are a uniform change in diameter on a cylindrical object and help to align and ...

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 ...

Roy Underhill shows how to use an 1889 foot-driven metal working lathe. Make your own darn metal screws with this 1889 foot-powered lathe! Roy shows how to cut perfect threads, cones and tapers in ...

The lathe isn’t perfect but it works good enough. Just have to keeps things in perspective. #2. I plan to put limit/home switches just for safety but none of my 5 cnc machines have them yet.