If you’re new to woodturning but considering buying ... the vibrations caused while working do not affect the project. Even mini wood lathes will normally use cast iron to ensure that their ...

It also fits nicely within the spectrum of lathe projects we’ve seen here at Hackaday- from the ultra low-tech to the ludicrously-precise.

At the 2009 Ghana Maker Faire, [Pat Delany] met a young carpentry student that saved for three months to buy a cheap Chinese wood plane ... created the Concrete Lathe project that aims to get ...