3D printers, or even small CNC routers may seem like relatively easy machine ... giving it a new coat of paint would make it look much better. If you do decide to get your own lathe, please ...

The author’s Precision Matthews lathe on delivery day. With all that sorted out, it’s time to think about taking delivery. New bench-top machines are likely to come on a pallet. Unless you ...

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 ...

A lathe is a machine tool used to curve metal and parts. Imported from Germany in 1938, it was used at the Kure Naval Arsenal and is the only large machine tool associated with Yamato that ...