As we saw last time, the first machine tools were lathes, and that’s also where you should start. With that bit of pedantry out of the way, let’s talk about why lathes are fundamental.

Old lathes, especially pre-WW2 designs, tend to have smaller spindle bores, even on some quite massive machines. I got a newer Asian 13″ lathe mainly because of its 1.5″ bore.

The ML7 was the first lathe made after WW2 at a price the man in the street could afford for his home workshop. This lathe was the definitive machine for home engineering.

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