Operators often struggle with keeping the end of bar work pressed against the length stop as the chuck actuates and the drawtube pulls backwards when working on a ...

The king of machine tools is the lathe, and if the king has a heart, it’s probably the leadscrew. That’s the bit that allows threading operations, arguably the most important job a lathe can tackle.

An electronic leadscrew is an increasingly popular project for small and mid-sized lathes. They do away with the need to swap gears in and out to achieve the proper ratio between spindle speed and ...

Skilled machinists in local factories start the process by selecting high-quality raw materials. Each step, from securing the metal on the lathe to precisely cutting the threads, requires attention to ...