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As assembled the mini-lathe has a three-jaw chuck and a 2-axis tool holder. The project is a moderately-difficult for hobby makers but once assembled it can help you create other tools.

These mini boring bars feature 5 different steel and carbide bars in 4, 5, 6, and 7mm diameters using insert geometries of, 80, 70, 60-degree trigon. All bars are equipped with coolant through ...

[Tim Nummy] used his cheap, Chinese, bench mini-lathe to make a non-terrible mailbox flag holder (YouTube video, embedded below). Tim posts videos on his channel about garage hobby projects, many o… ...

He carved a head and tailstock from a 2 x 4 and sharpened and carved a spindle from steel rod. The tools used include a miter box, grinding wheel, coping saw, drill, and a Dremel tool, of course ...