One of my coworkers gave me a nice chunk of 8/4 red oak. My policy is if you give me wood, I make you something. This bowl is ...

Softer woods, such as pine and cedar, are less dense and prone to tearing or splintering when turned on a lathe, so we ...

There are several types of lathes and turning centers. Examples include a wood lathe, metal lathe, CNC lathe, CNC turning center, CNC machining center, and multi-axis machine tool. Lathes and turning ...

Wood turning tools are designed to combat the torque problem commonly found when using simple, bent tools to hollow vessels on a lathe. The best lathe cutting tool is made from high speed steel. When ...

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 ...

With a working replica of this lathe a contemporary artisan has helped to revive these techniques, assisting in the reintroduction of bowl turning to Sweden, the USA, Germany, France, and even Japan.

Lathes are machines for turning and forming materials ... The lathe is driven by a motor that rotates a blank of wood between two centres – the fork centre and the centre – that hold it ...