Instead of going the normal route – finding friends with machine tools or paying a machine shop, he improvised a rudimentary metal lathe. The finished couplers were concentric to 0.005″.

Though perhaps a few light years beyond most DIY lathe efforts, [Dan]’s videos nevertheless provide a treasure trove of tips and information for lathe builders and users alike. Certainly worth a ...

Follow the homemade foundry furnace plans outlined ... once told me that a metal lathe is the only machine in a shop that can duplicate itself. So, thinking about the old chicken soup recipe ...