Believe it or not, until recently I had never done any turnings. I have been messing with wood for a solid twenty years and never once have I even turned on a lathe. I’ve seen Norm do it a bazillion ...

In this video, I review my new Laguna 1836 lathe, which marks a big upgrade for my woodworking projects. Perfect for ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are a lot of different skills and techniques that woodworkers can employ to turn raw lumber into something that is both useful and ...

Ever use a lathe? No? Neither had [Jack Hauweling], but that didn’t stop him from building his own and learning how! Lathes are a lot of fun, especially for small wood working projects. Using mostly ...

When someone says ‘wood lathe’ the average person would think of a lathe used for turning pieces of wood into ornate shapes. But what if that lathe was also made of wood. Would that be a wood wood ...

Staying in the Margaret River region of Western Australia, the programme is now ready to take a seat. To take a seat on finely crafted furniture, turned from local timbers like jarrah and native pear ...

Towards the end of the war, in Coventry, I was 18 and working about nine hours a day in a munitions factory (the old Daimler factory).I was working on a centre lathe, working with men, boys and women.

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing method (Removal of Material). Contrary to CNC Milling, Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon ...