That’s where the lead screw comes in — most lathes have a gear-driven lead screw ... add some really useful capabilities to the antique machine. By decoupling the lead screw from the lathe ...

It introduces the systems of both Cartesian and polar coordinates and describes how Cartesian axes are used on a CNC lathe. The class describes both how coordinates are used on blueprints and how they ...

(Video embedded below.) As it’s a combined CNC lathe and grinder, it uses custom software he had developed specifically for the machine. Much of the high precision of the machine is courtesy of ...

Impressive process of machining massive industrial gears using one of the largest gear lathes in the world. This high-precision process involves shaping and cutting enormous metal gears with advanced ...