Don’t get us wrong – we love cast aluminum Gingery lathes too. But there’s something substantial about this build that makes us feel like a trip to the boneyard.

[Makercise] has built a nice oil fired foundry already so it’s off to the next book, Gingery 2, is the metal lathe. The Gingery books and, really, most DIY books from that era are: not well ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming materials. This is usually done by removing material to form a shape, or drilling and cutting to create threads. The lathe is driven by a motor that ...