[Makercise] has built a nice oil fired foundry already so it’s off to the next book, Gingery 2, is the metal lathe. The Gingery books and, really, most DIY books from that era are: not well ...

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 ...

Step into the world of heavy-duty steel work as skilled workers shape massive workpieces using the vintage VTL (Vertical Turning Lathe ... Watch as heavy metal is carefully crafted, with every ...