Coordinates and axis movements are at the core of operations for a CNC machine. A foundational knowledge of these topics is necessary to understand how and why parts can be successfully made on the ...

That’s where the lead screw comes in — most lathes have a gear-driven lead screw that can be used to actuate the z-axis ( the one which travels parallel to the axis of rotation). It’s no CNC ...

This is a clever hack for a very specialized machine shop operation that most would assume you’d need a four-axis CNC to pull off. Lathes seem at first like rather single purpose machines ...