Some machining tasks demand serious equipment. Watch how a large lathe makes it possible to handle oversized parts with ...

If you’re planning to make a metalworking lathe out of a CNC milling machine, you probably don’t expect getting a position sensor to work to be your biggest challenge. Nevertheless, this was [Anthony ...

The Tl-4 from Haas Automation Inc., Oxnard, Calif. (haascnc.com), is a twinchuck lathe with a top spindle speed of 500 rpm. Maximum part swings are 35 in. over the front apron and 16 in. over the ...

The HK-25 Durga CNC lathe handles up to 23.62-in.-long material and diameters measuring 0.0625 to 9.84 in. It comes with a special 23-station servo turret for quick setups and fast chip-to-chip tool ...

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The lathe is known as the King of Machine Tools for a reason. There are very few things that you can’t make with one. In fact, people love to utter the old saw that the lathe is the only machine tool ...