This unique lathe technique allows you to make tapered plates without the need for a milling machine, an innovative method ...

Unlock the potential of your lathe with this creative idea for making combination lathe tools that you absolutely must have in your workshop! This innovative tool enables you to drill, mill, create ...

Milling machines are nice to have around for precisely drilling holes or removing unwanted material from a part. However, they can be expensive and may not get a lot of use, two reasons why a mill … ...

One thing’s for sure: after seeing [Roland Van Roy] build a vertical mill from industrial scrap, we’ve got to find a better quality industrial scrapyard to hang around. The story of thi… ...

If you have a CNC machine, lathe, or mill and like to use plastic blocks for prototyping the material cost can add up quickly if you're prolific or make a lot of mistakes. Consider using ...

Even with complex parts a mill/turn lathe has many advantages. With all the different machine configurations 2 turrets, 3 turrets, 3 turrets with Y-axis or a B-axis tool-changing machine — the ...

A lathe wouldn't work, so we did the job on a CNC milling machine equipped with an old lathe headstock. After mounting the headstock on the two-axis miller, we fabricated a drive system and made a ...

The device incorporates a quality, yet compact, lathe headstock and a toolholder. It lets users easily make high-precision lathe parts on their milling machine.

Contrary to CNC Milling, Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or square can be turned down to a cylinder. Instead of spinning the tools, ...