DVD: Lathe Fundamentals & Basic Turning 2684  (Discontinued)

Mini-Machines 101: Lathe Fundamentals & Basic Turning by SwarfRat Enterprises, LLC.

This video is designed to get you familiar with the lathe and its terminology, and take you all the way through to making your first cuts. The topics covered include introduction and shop safety, nomenclature and terminology, setting up and using your 3-jaw chuck, cutting tool types, shapes and uses, successfully dealing with backlash, setting cutting tool height, calculating depth of cut, face cuts, basic turning, compound angled cuts, using the lead screw, calculating TPI on double reduction, feeding normal cuts, and finish cuts. Also included is a short section on general shop safety.

Running time: Approx. 65 minutes.