You know you’re in for a treat when you are told that a lathe which can reach a resolution of one micrometer (1×10 −6, a millionth of a meter, or 0.00004″ for people who love zeros) is ‘not hard to ...

We see a lot of CNC Machines here on Hackaday but not too many of them are lathe-based. [Jim] sent us an email letting us know his dissatisfaction regarding the lack of CNC Lathes and included a link ...

According to Wellington Engineering, Colchester lathes provide the flexibility for it to optimize machining of precision components. With assistance from Mitutoyo, Daco Inc. upgraded and integrated ...

The lathe is one of the most sophisticated tools in the shop, used to carve cylinders of wood or metal into intricate and beautiful designs. You can see Jimmy DiResta craft gorgeous brass chess pieces ...

The Hwacheon VT-650 vertical CNC lathe provides a maximum cutting diameter of 31.44" and features a 1,500-rpm spindle drive. The lathe is designed for high-productivity, high-accuracy machining and ...

I’ve been keeping an eye on the Rownd tabletop CNC lathe since it showed up on Kickstarter last year, and I was psyched to get the chance to see it in person at CES in Las Vegas this week. In an era ...

I entered the Army in 1988 as a military occupational specialty (MOS) 44E (machinist) under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program. Since I had received industry standard manual machinist training, ...