Instructables user Random_Canadian turned a power drill and miscellaneous other power tool parts into a functioning mini-metal lathe that can machine copper and aluminum. As assembled the mini-lathe ...

It’s a cliche that the only machine tool that can make copies of itself is the lathe. It’s not exactly true, but it’s a useful adage in that it points out that the ability to make big round things ...

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The wood lathe tools set includes 5 Mini chisels: One each of 1/4" Roughing Gouge, 1/8” Spindle Gouge, 1/4” Round-Nose Scraper, ¼” Parting Tool and 1/4” Skew Chisel. Each wood lathe chisel measures ...

Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer controls on his import mini-lathe. But rather than suffer through it, he ...