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How I thread inside threads for lightsabers part 3. In the video I stated that I normally go between 0.065" - 0.07" when actually it is 0.065" - 0...

How I thread inside threads for lightsabers part 2. In the video I stated that I normally go between 0.065" - 0.07" when actually it is 0.065" - 0...

How I thread inside threads for lightsabers part 1. In the video I stated that I normally go between 0.065" - 0.07" when actually it is 0.065" - 0...

Using appropriate ball bearing bolted to a piece of cold rolled makes indicating in the lathe a breeze!!

Home made ball turning attachment for a CZ300/1 metal lathe.

I was asked for a demo' of my radius/ball turner in action making a few shapes. So this is what I came up with.

It is styled on a knife/sword cross...

After being kind of challenged I thought I would give turning a nose cone on the lathe with my ball turning tool a go... here is the result.

What d...

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Learn about the basics of metal lathe operations using our Smithy Granite combo lathe/m...

How to cut internal and external radii and curves on the manual lathe, any size, without using a special form tool. This technique uses the Machine...

Making a brass ball with my homemade ball turner.

Turning the radius of a roughed out ball to make a perfect sphere using a standard Turning Lathe machine fitted with the radius turning attachment...

This is a video of using a home made ball turning tool on a lathe. The basic design of this tool is provided on Steve Bedair's excellent website. ...