The tailstock seems to be the only non-automotive part on the machine ... Don’t get us wrong – we love cast aluminum Gingery lathes too. But there’s something substantial about this build ...

Where most homebrew lathes tend to be the bench top variety and feature cast aluminum parts, [Jornt] went with steel for his build, and a lot of it. The base and bed of the machine are welded from ...

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 ...

A lathe is a machine tool used to curve metal and parts. Imported from Germany in 1938, it was used at the Kure Naval Arsenal and is the only large machine tool associated with Yamato that ...