If they are different, the machine is cutting a taper, which means your bed has some twist. Adjust or shim the lathe’s tailstock-end feet a little bit and make another cut. A larger tail-end on ...

There is another way to acquire a lathe, and it’s one that [Sek Austria] demonstrates in the video below the break: build your own. It’s a fascinating demonstration of how machine tools ...

Jam Handy! Provides a detailed overview of the process of cutting screw threads on a lathe. It explains the different types ...

KBC Tools & Machinery announced that the KING KC-1440ML-2 14x40 lathe with a digital readout (DRO) is now available for ...

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method (Removal of Material). Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or ...

Expert manufacturing of screw rods using lathe machines in local factories is a precise and fascinating process. It begins with carefully selected raw metal, which is then placed in a lathe machine ...

Trigonometry and circle geometry are used to calculate the toolpaths used in lathe cutting operations. This class introduces the foundational toolpaths and trigonometric equations, including tool nose ...

The importance of the iron-cutting lathe to the Industrial Revolution is rarely appreciated. A number of ingenious lathe mechanisms can be traced back to the Middle Ages ...