In this detailed workshop video, we demonstrate how to repurpose a truck axle bolt, specifically from a Rosa truck, into a fully functional toolpost bolt for a metal lathe. This method is ideal for ...

A technique rarely taught in schools, this video demonstrates how to create cylinder block honing heads for large piston sizes using recycled materials. With the combination of lathe and milling ...

If the milling head could be coupled to the axial (L/R) movement of the carriage, the lathe could do thread-milling. Report comment. Reply. Moe says: January 13, 2021 at 6:39 am ...

Machine tool builders started making CNC lathes with backworking spindles. This allowed the back side of a part to be completed on one machine. Some builders began making true opposing twin spindles ...