My new toy has arrived - an Emco Unimat SL lathe ... first impressions are that despite it being small and light, it whizzes all over the Hobbyking...

Michael Chung CZ50 Watchmakers' Lathe

Micro Metal Lathe

Believed to have been first produced during WW2, when supplies of German machines by makers such as Lorch, G.Boley, Leinen and Wolf Jahn were unobtainable, the B.T.M. was a beautifully-made English watchmaker's lathe with a centre height of 50 mm and 165

Mini Lathe Machine saw Mini Combined Machine Tool

Model engineering and miniature machining with the Taig and Asian lathes. Photos of custom attachments for these machines.

How the lathe works. Names of lathe parts. Screwcutting. Generating changewheel charts. countershafts. backgears. tumble reverse. Stuck chucks. Quick-change toolposts. Fitting a chuck Spindle nose fittings, backplates, Oiling