The lathe is the oldest and most important machine tool, on which most other machines and instruments can be made. This is a fine example of the nineteenth century English lathe designed for making ...

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It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this scratch-built, ...

First and foremost, you need to figure out where to put it. Sure, you probably should have done that before you bought it, and maybe a pulling a tape measure would have been a good idea. Never let ...

George Lailey's bowls were so popular that Harrods sold them. One even toured the world in a show about English crafts.This lathe tells of an ordinary Berkshire man whose work had a profound impact on ...

The emergence of 3D printed open-source lathes marks a significant milestone in the development of cost-effective machine tools. By ingeniously combining 3D printing technology with concrete casting ...

PrecisionPlus VP of Engineering, Mike P. Reader, with one of the company’s cam-actuated Swiss lathes. Precision Plus is not your typical machine shop. Founded as a cam-type Swiss screw machine shop 40 ...

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