If you’re planning to make a metalworking lathe out of a CNC milling machine, you probably don’t expect getting a position sensor to work to be your biggest challenge. Nevertheless, this was [Anthony ...

Which to buy first, a lathe or a mill? It’s a tough question for the aspiring home machinist with limited funds to spend on machine tools, but of course the correct answer is a lathe. With a lathe, we ...

HEBRON, Conn.HEBRON, Conn. — RHAM High School senior Jacob Arseneault uses a lathe to cut and shape a motorcycle engine stand in his Manufacturing for Industry class. As he inspects the machine’s ...

I’ve been keeping an eye on the Rownd tabletop CNC lathe since it showed up on Kickstarter last year, and I was psyched to get the chance to see it in person at CES in Las Vegas this week. In an era ...

Lathes have been part of the manufacturing ecosystem for millennia, so it is impressive to see that they remain relevant to this day. With such a venerable history behind them, as well as a wide range ...

The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries ...

If you have a CNC machine, lathe, or mill and like to use plastic blocks for prototyping the material cost can add up quickly if you're prolific or make a lot of mistakes. Consider using machinable ...