When you think of making something using a lathe, you usually think of turning a screw, a table leg, or a toothpick. [Uri Tuchman] had a different idea. He wanted to make a clock out of the gears used ...

To shape your wood in certain outlines, you're probably going to need a wood lathe. Wood lathes are woodworking machines used to spin pieces of wood on an axis. While the wood rotates, users apply ...

To push the reset series into the industrial age, this episode builds a foot powered pole lathe, one of the earliest machine tools for turning perfectly symmetrical parts. With forged chisels and a ...