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Harold Hall shows us how to make a simple rotary table for the home shop. Each step is fully documented with over 20 excellent photos. Read More »

A few weeks ago Jim Schroeder started a forum post called “Everything You Need To Know About G0602 Gear Ratios“, where he posted some charts that he had made that listed all the possible gear combinations and the threads they produce. Jims charts prompted to Bucksguy16 to color-code and refine them a bit. Which in turn gave Robert (RWey50) the ... Read More »

by Gareth Bellringer Do you have trouble turning to a shoulder? Do you long for an easy way of repeating where you stop the carriage? If you answered yes to either one of these, you could need a carriage stop. Here is what mine looks like. This was made from a block of aluminium which is 51×26.3x22mm To machine the ... Read More »

Hello there folks, I’ve had my lathe over a year now, and I’m sick to death of fiddling with the little bolt to loosen the tailstock. Something always seems to get in the way. So after a bit of research I thought I’d have a go at making my very own tailstock camlock. Note: I’ve included drawings in PDF format ... Read More »

I’m sure many of you have already seen the “captive nut” in one form or another. I came across it a few years ago and forgot all about it until it showed up on the forum recently. Here’s Gareth Bell’s Captive Nut: And here’s another version by Jerry: It’s a great project for the beginner for a couple of reasons, ... Read More »