History of the wood lathe chuck?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

: The wood lathe chuck has been an important tool more or less as the antique Egyptians used a simple man-powered lathe to cut designs and forms into wood. Working with the ancient lathes requires two-man task. One person has been engaged in cutting tools to carve or shape the revolving piece of wood. The [...]

What is a mini wood lathe?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

:D ue to it’s small size, the mini-lathe does not need a lot of material to work with, especially when you’re starting out. Finding metal stock in diameters and lengths that are convenient to work with and in alloys that machine well on the mini-lathe, can sometimes be a problem. You won’t find the stuff you [...]