Mini lathe home

Links, articles, manifacturers, toolmakers, and other resources for mini-lathe fans.

What lathe is?

Brief description: The lathe is (engine drived) tool which spins a block of material on order to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation. Lathe types

Use of the lathe

In almost any part of wokshop and manufactory work. Mini lathes are used by watchmakers and jewellers

Some useful links

Lathe on Wikipedia
Large archive of information on older lathes and other machine tools

Home made mini lathe

There is a lot of fans building homemade machinery tools: lathes, CNC milling machines etc. I'am building a small lathe in my workshop at this time too, so I hope I will be able to provide some images and plans soon.
The second type of lathe I wanna build is treadle lathe - page with some ideas there.

A little adparade

Processes and DLLs
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My Selection
List of accesories