It seems like magic. Lets start by imagining we disengage and lock the rotating cutter in [Mehamozg]’s setup and run the lathe. If the tool is pointed directly at the center we are just turning ...

Lathes tools travel along a center line so we only need to worry ... Profile Roughing: The profile roughing pass shapes the workpiece along its contour, preparing it for a finishing pass by removing ...

If you combine the Lathe and Tube tools, you can create an array of shapes and models, and even use these tools to design creatures. I mostly use it for complex engine parts for things like jets ...

The machine rotates the wood and the user uses a variety of chisels to shape the wood by moving the chisels along a tool rest. A metal lathe is like the wood lathe in the type of shapes it can ...

The precision lathe ... shapes, such as those used in the construction of the Antikythera Mechanism, which [Chris] has been rebuilding for the past years, using only period-correct tools.