Garret brought his wood lathe and tools and examples of wood to give members a brief overview of how they are used to turn ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...

If you want to turn wood to make spindles or decorative chair legs, you're going to need a lathe. Rather than spending a fortune on expensive hardware, you can put an old drill to good use instead. We ...

The world of wood lathes is a complex one, offering everything from small benchtop models designed to turn intricate pens, to large commercial tools for making chair legs and giant platters. We’ve ...

It’s a cliche that the only machine tool that can make copies of itself is the lathe. It’s not exactly true, but it’s a useful adage in that it points out that the ability to make big round things ...

Every turner has asked the question: what if? What if we swap the grain for gleam, the shavings for metallic ribbons? Turning ...

On the shortlist of dream tools for most metalworkers is a waterjet cutter, a CNC tool that uses insanely high-pressure water mixed with abrasive grit to blast sheet metal into intricate shapes. On ...

Two clocks are made with a wood lathe. Learn the basics behind face-plate turning. Two clocks are made with the help of a wood lathe. Learn the basics behind face-plate turning. See how to use ...

Grizzly Industrial has recalled two brands of wood lathes because the cutting tool may break and become a projectile and injure the user or anyone nearby. Grizzly issued the recall on Nov. 2, 2023, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LEXINGTON, N.C. — Many people learn to work ...