[Not An Engineer] first turned to an Arduino Nano to receive input from a rotary encoder connected to the shaft of the lathe and then instruct a motor to turn the feed screw at a set ratio.

As [Clough42] points out, most lathes couple the lead screw to the spindle drive through a complex ... directly with a high-quality stepper motor. That sounds easy enough, but bear in mind that ...

Each set of rollers has two motion control axes, X and Z, driven by four hydraulic cylinders, plus the motor-driven lathe spindle. Because that well-used Autospin lathe is vital to its manufacturing ...

A popular upgrade for the lowest cost ‘3018’ desktop CNC machines and their close relatives is a ‘500W spindle’ or ‘300W spindle’ for about £80. These consist of a brushed dc motor and a mains power ...