We see a lot of CNC Machines here on Hackaday but not too many of them are lathe-based. [Jim] sent us an email letting us know his dissatisfaction regarding the lack of CNC Lathes and ...

Softer woods, such as pine and cedar, are less dense and prone to tearing or splintering when turned on a lathe, so we rounded up several pieces of hardwood stock (oak and maple) to test on the ...

Turning tools can be used to produce cylindrical parts. In its basic form, turning can be defined as the machining of an external surface with the workpiece rotating, or with a single-point cutting ...

bowls, bracelets and wheel spokes. Evidence suggests that lathe-turned wood vessels were made in Britain before wheel-turned pots.

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method (Removal of Material). Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or ...