Lathe videos

Small turret lathe in action

Made a little program to sharpen my pencil at work when the boss was gone.

How to practice cutting beads and coves with a wood lathe.

Using appropriate ball bearing bolted to a piece of cold rolled makes indicating in the lathe a breeze!!

Centroid CNC Lathe

Highlights from a video made about turning a Wooden Mallet on a Wood Lathe. Available at www.CatchMyMemories.com. Project was originally designed for Junior High students but anyone starting out on the lathe will find that this can be one of the early projects they can make. The handle is oval shaped.

Lathe demonstration for a new Cutmaster 12" x 36" Lathe. Watch this new lathe available at Industrial Machinery. Give us a call at 614-464-4376

Using a stock mini lathe with cnc motors

www.glacern.com http Glacern Machine Tools Mass production turning of an aerospace part. Material is 1.0" diameter alloy steel. The machine is a Mori Seiki NL2500SY-700 CNC Turning Center with a Y-axis, C-axis on both spindles, live tooling, and a subspindle.

Here's a look at what I found by watching Craig's list every day. You will be surprised at just what I paid for this lathe!

DIY record lathe used to record audio onto acetate sheets. Recorded discs may be played back on any standard record player.

After several years of demonstrating a foot-powered lathe, in my research I started finding illustrations of much smaller hand-powered lathes, and decided to try to build something similar. Here is a short look at my bow lathe as I turn a small piece of bone.

Tormach on the web @ www.tormach.com The Duality Lathe is an entirely new concept in CNC mill accessories. When used in combination with a PCNC 1100 mill, this integrated machine accessory can be operated as a CNC lathe, or combination lathe When used without the PCNC 1100 mill, the Duality...

Knurling on the lathe using the Warco WM180 metric mini-lathe and a Scissor type Knurling Tool.

Muratec Murata MW400 CNC Lathe in action. Large capacity, high quality, high volume state of the art turning technology.

George Orr has a dream problem. Not only do his dreams come true, but they change reality. Dr. Haber, a dream specialist who instantly recognizes George's gift, tries to harness it to make the whole world right. But, as George notes, "Unlimited power means unlimited danger." Based on the book by Ursula K. Le Guin. imdb.com en.wikipedia.org

A demonstration

Shows set up and machining of pipe in preparation for using a steady rest. Filmed in our shop Oct 2008. This is a project for my home--(Trying to keep the vehicles off my fence.) Keaton Morris assisted me, he is one of my machinist students. This VDO is a rare posting of advanced techniques. I will not be posting many of my advanced vdo's-- those are for vantech school use only. This VDO is here to entice those to become a machinist. Knowledge of Set up and operation is what makes machinists ...

xz axis cnc test - 100 ipm in X / 175 ipm in Z - X leadscrew - 1/2-10, single start - Z leadscrew - 1/2-10, 2 start - antibacklash leadnuts and couplers from - dumpstercnc.com, 2 per axis - floating on 12mm drill rod and linear bearings

From the JET Shopclass Series of DVDs - Let Woodturning Expert Nick Cook Teach you how To use your Lathe!

Gone Batty Bats uses the latest CNC Lathe tool technology to produce high quality solid wood Baseball, Softball and Youth bats.

From the JET Shopclass Series of DVDs - Learn How To turn a bowl with your Lathe!

A brief review of the Lathemaster 9 X 30 lathe. Although I've not had a chance to put this lathe through its paces, it looks like this is a *very* well built lathe and is far beyond the average Asian home machine shop lathe. I'll have more reviews as I get to use the machine more.

How to build a homemade lathe tool sharpening jig for under $10. Order plans at www.TinkerJohn.com

Stuart King turns wooden flowers on a lathe using simple tools. Visit www.stuartking.co.uk to read articles about woodturning and tarditional crafts.