After taking this class, users will understand how a CNC Swiss-type lathe differs from a conventional lathe as well as be able to describe the basic functions and general machine components of a CNC ...

And the washing machine motor driving it is a ... though. As homemade lathes go, this one is surprisingly conventional. Others have been fashioned from engine parts, or concrete.

It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this ...