Don’t get us wrong – we love cast aluminum Gingery lathes too. But there’s something substantial about this build that makes us feel like a trip to the boneyard.

Where most homebrew lathes tend to be the bench top variety and feature cast aluminum parts, [Jornt] went with steel for his build, and a lot of it. The base and bed of the machine are welded from ...

On the other hand, Harbor Freight's metal lathes don't carry price tags that ... According to the parts and packing lists present in the owner's manual for each lathe, everything required for ...