It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this scratch-built, ...

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Two manual lathes were no longer efficient for producing form ties at Dayton Richmond Concrete Accessories of Dayton, Ohio. Form ties, one of the company's major products, are used at the base and/or ...

John and Miles O’Brien are two of a few South Bend business founders whose product is still being manufactured in the United States. John and Miles, born in Ireland in 1868, were identical twins whose ...

Discover the detailed process of building a custom metal bending machine from scratch. Follow each step from preparing the rusty flywheel to machining brass and aluminum rollers, assembling components ...

The Sturges Turning Head by Dan Sturges of Sturges DesignWorks, Portland, Oreg., lets users produce prototypes, one-offs, custom machines, and devices that require CNC lathe parts. Basically, the ...

When you think of a toy tractor, what probably comes to mind is something with fairly simple lines, maybe the iconic yellow and green, big rear tires, small front ones. Well, that’s exactly what ...

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