My little Metal lathe

This is a shot of a small metal lathe. A handy tool for making all sorts of things. It has been said that the metal lathe is the only machine that could reproduce itself. It was that quote that led me to an interest in machine tools, or maybe that was a rekindling, what do I know, I am an old man now.


Below are a couple of cubes turned out of round rod, fabricated with the aid of the four jaw chuck, for practice and grins.