Don't have a lathe you can work metal on? The next best thing is just watching it happen. Here's one cutting a spiral pattern into a workpiece, much like the texture on metal stairs used to increase ...

The lathe is one of the most sophisticated tools in the shop, used to carve cylinders of wood or metal into intricate and beautiful designs. You can see Jimmy DiResta craft gorgeous brass chess pieces ...

Not every elephant weighs tons. This one spins on a lathe. In this video, one man takes on a playful woodturning ...