When turning wood on a lathe, each workpiece is mounted between ... tool rest platforms work better for different shapes of projects. Not all are compatible with every lathe, so be sure yours ...

Like potters use a wheel to shape clay, woodturners use a machine called a lathe to spin a piece of wood, which is then ... By 16, Batty was doing production turning for his dad, creating multiple ...

That has been good enough for my needs so far, but setting it up to reverse is low on my projects list. If you want to do this, there’s a great discussion about wiring a lathe on this practical ...

[Jim] sent us an email letting us know his dissatisfaction regarding the lack of CNC Lathes and included a link to one of his recent projects, converting a small manual lathe to computer control.

He bought his first lathe shortly ... “I started (wood)turning a little more then,” he said. When the economy soured around 2008, and construction projects dwindled, Emery looked to ...