The lathe is the oldest and most important machine tool, on which most other machines and instruments can be made. This is a fine example of the nineteenth century English lathe designed for ...

Pincher-style lathe calipers precisely measure the thickness of objects that can’t be measured directly with a ruler or tape. Similar in mechanics to needlenose pliers, calipers can be gently ...

This lathe was made by Colchester Machine tools, in Colchester, Essex in 1941 as a part of the War effort, many thousands of similar machines were made by all machine tool manufacturers during the ...

Sometimes though, there’s great value in putting a simple and rugged version of your own, as demonstrated by [bartworker]’s woodworking lathe build. The core of the build is a hefty wooden ...

The less you spend on a lathe, the closer you get to a lathe-shaped object and the further from, well, a lathe. [Camden Bowen] has bought a cheap lathe, and he’s not content with a lathe-shaped ...

The bowl on the lathe is said to have been one he was making ... Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors ...