• To cut disks out of aluminum using a lathe, I chuck the aluminum blank in a 4-jaw chuck or faceplate, mount a die grinder with a small end mill to the machine’s toolpost, and with the lathe running ...

Aldyth loves that she has access to a lathe, and cool videos like this are proof. "Here's how to manually cut threads (thread turning, as many would call it) on a lathe," Aldyth told WooGlobe.

A turning machine equipped with a collet and a turret is called a screw machine, but it is actually a special turret lathe. The special features of screw machines are aimed primarily at reducing idle ...

Unless a more complex system of live tooling or synchronous machine is happening(not covered). To create Lathe parts you create a CAM by making a series of tool paths that form your part. This page ...

The primary reason a shop invests in a Swiss-type turning machine is to produce parts at high volumes. However, whether a Swiss-type machine is producing at high enough volumes to be profitable ...

Mason Montalvo took up the challenge of starting his own shop running manual machine tools to produce complex parts. 4 Mar 2025. Shop Tour ... Precision Plus runs 33 CNC Swiss lathes, 9 CNC turn/mill ...