On the other hand, Harbor Freight's metal lathes don't carry price tags that ... of the exposed workpiece from the headstock — or chuck — to the tailstock live-center. Both models allow ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming ... The machine is driven by motor that rotates a blank of metal on chuck. The machine rotates the metal and cutting tool moves in different directions ...

I have also incorporated this idea with ball end mills when a 0.250-in. round shape was needed. • To cut disks out of aluminum using a lathe, I chuck the aluminum blank in a 4-jaw chuck or faceplate, ...