A lathe is the only machine tool capable of reproducing itself; it can do all the required machining operations. A lathe can do turning, milling, drilling, threading, shaping, grinding operations, etc. and also do metal spinning.
Materials machined can be metals (ferrous and nonferrous), plastics, wood, and most any other material desired. A lathes limitations are only tooling and operator influenced. What can be made is only limited by the users imagination.
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"From the origination of ideas, to forging individual elements, to placing the finished piece, my work is as susceptible to failure as to success. Attentiveness to the process is all that's held in balance between the two."
Tom Joyce; Artist blacksmith; Santa Fe, New Mexico
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I do what I can, when I can, the best I can - utilizing whatever I have to work with!
trying-it (AKA: Stan)
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