The Mason lathe is built entirely from bar stock and has a center height of 1-3/4″ by 8″ between centers, has a taper slide, back gear and screwcutting ability. The first books’ ISBN is 0 ...

For a nicely detailed description of moving a lathe into a basement, check out (interlibrary loan?) the Home Shop Machinist book, “Projects Two” (ISBN 0-941653-01-3), p. 42-47, “Solving a ...

Precision Plus is not your typical machine shop. Founded as a cam-type Swiss screw machine shop 40 years ago, Precision Plus has transformed into the modern part supplier it is today, with an array of ...

LFV turning can improve chip management in Swiss-type lathes, especially when paired with chipbreakers designed for the process. ... Making Chips and Modern Machine Shop are teaming up for a new ...

The shop facility is made up of several distinct areas: the main shop area containing traditional metalworking machines including CNC and manual lathes and mills, bandsaws, drill presses, grinders, ...