The square shaft profile helps keep the tool flat on the tool rest and level with the floor, making them less likely than round shaft tools to roll and shift while on the tool rest.

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 ...

The precision lathe with the hooks ... A bow string around a round piece of wood is used to bootstrap a more permanent retention element and bushing for the bow string as it is drawn over the ...

At the 2009 Ghana Maker Faire, [Pat Delany] met a young carpentry student that saved for three months to buy a cheap Chinese wood ... Lathe project that aims to get useful machine tools out ...