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Look up ‘concrete lathe’ and you’ll quickly find yourself reading the works of [David Gingery]. His series of books on building a machine shop from scrap begin with a charcoal foundry, and quickly ...

Duroxen CNC Lathe machine is suitable for machining metals (such as aluminum, brass, and steel), as well as plastics and wood ...

[McKGyver] needed a few parts manufactured. Instead of going the normal route – finding friends with machine tools or paying a machine shop, he improvised a rudimentary metal lathe. The finished ...

Don't have a lathe you can work metal on? The next best thing is just watching it happen. Here's one cutting a spiral pattern into a workpiece, much like the texture on metal stairs used to increase ...

Bring your material and drawings of your project to Floor 4 of Sears think[box]. Speak with a member of the Sears think[box] staff and they will help you prepare your files, get set up, instruct you ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming materials. This is usually done by removing material to form a shape, or drilling and cutting to create threads. The lathe is driven by a motor that rotates ...