Most professionals would put a polygon on the end of a turned part using a milling machine. But many a hobbyist ... you can turn a polygon on a lathe. Polygons on shaft ends are surprisingly ...

A big South Bend lathe or Bridgeport mill might tip the scales ... a lathe made of soda cans could use all the help it could get; this cast concrete machine cart ought to fit the bill nicely ...

Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries ... to a high rpm and then remove the material using a static tool. Unless a more complex system of live tooling or synchronous ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming materials. This is usually done by removing material to form a shape, or drilling and cutting to create threads. The lathe is driven by a motor that ...