Thanks to the wonderful staff at the Urban Workshop, I have learned how to cut external threads on the lathe! This can be tricky because,...

It's been raining all weekend here so why not spend the time indoors making chips fly? I spent the entire weekend at the Urban Workshop,...

This weekend was devoted to making some aluminum pens on the lathe. I've written about this project before, but even though I've already...

What's more boring than sanding? You take a part that's sharp, rub it against some sandpaper until the sharp edge is gone, and that's it,...

A couple weeks ago I started using a metal lathe again, working on what could generously be dubbed a "pen." I was back at it again this...

This week I took the introductory class on using a metal lathe at Urban Workshop and decided to spend the weekend playing around with the...