Roy Underhill shows how to use an 1889 foot-driven metal working lathe. Make your own darn metal screws with this 1889 foot-powered lathe! Roy shows how to cut perfect threads, cones and tapers in ...

A new chapter in the workshop begins as one builder brings home a classic Swedish Blomqvist BSN 600 metal lathe. Once ...

[McKGyver] needed a few parts manufactured. Instead of going the normal route – finding friends with machine tools or paying a machine shop, he improvised a rudimentary metal lathe. The finished ...

In this hands-on workshop attendees will learn the fundamentals of working with a metal lathe. Attendees will learn about parts of the lathe machine, basic usage and safety guidelines.

Follow the homemade foundry furnace plans outlined in this article, including instructions, diagrams, and details of working with metal to make shop tools. It’s funny how an event will sort of get ...