The world of wood lathes is a complex one, offering everything from small benchtop models designed to turn intricate pens, to large commercial tools for making chair legs and giant platters. We’ve ...

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.

The lathe has a 10-inch swing and 14 inches between centers plus digital speed control, 24-position indexing and a 110V outlet. Laguna Tools announced the latest addition to its Revo lathe lineup, the ...

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Mini: These bench top lathes are the smallest options, and their 8- to 10-inch swings (Swing and other terms are detailed more below) are convenient for working with smaller projects like pens, ...