Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or square can be turned down to a cylinder. Instead of spinning the tools, ...

It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this ...

Adjustable Lathe Tool Post No machinist can deny the advantage of siich a tool post to his lathe or planer as will allow the cutting tool to be presented to the work at any desired angle ...

That is, unless you’ve got the proper tool. We figure [Machine Mechanic] must need to cut a lot of them, as they spent quite a bit of time perfecting this custom lathe attachment to automate the ...