Learn More › Considered a specialty power tool, a wood lathe is typically found in a woodturner’s or a furniture-maker’s shop. It’s used to create cylindrical wooden items that are ...

A bow string around a round piece of wood is used to bootstrap ... for thousands of years and some muscle power, it’s possible to create a small lathe that can be used to create perfectly ...

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 ...