It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this ...

and a V8 cylinder head was used for the cross slide. The tailstock seems to be the only non-automotive part on the machine. We’d love to see a video of it in action, but there are ample pictures ...

See how skilled lathe operators in a local factory transform rusted iron into precision spur gears. Witness the expert ...