using tools he already had. A chop saw, wood lathe, drill and a drill press, and finally a table saw — nothing fancy, but now with the CNC router he has a world of possibilities for projects!

Contrary to CNC Milling Lathe machining is for circular geometries (stock is commonly a solid/hollow cylinder) but a hexagon or square can be turned down to a cylinder. Instead of spinning the tools, ...

as demonstrated by [bartworker]’s woodworking lathe build. The core of the build is a hefty wooden base, something that is a core component of any good machine tool. It was built from a large ...