Sometimes though, there’s great value in putting a simple and rugged version of your own, as demonstrated by [bartworker]’s woodworking lathe build. The core of the build is a hefty wooden ...

Boring large pulleys on a lathe is a true art. With the right techniques and proper machine settings, achieving the desired precision becomes a seamless task. Mastering the lathe for big pulley ...

It also fits nicely within the spectrum of lathe projects we’ve seen here at Hackaday- from the ultra low-tech to the ludicrously-precise.

A wheel lathe named Tina has been installed as part of a multi-million pound project between Network Rail and York-based rail company Northern. The machine, which reshapes and balances a train’s ...