If the chuck-end of the bar is larger ... hour-long project that will teach you valuable lathe skills and build your confidence in the machine. Once you know you can trust the machine, you ...

Lathes are machines for turning and forming ... The machine is driven by motor that rotates a blank of metal on chuck. The machine rotates the metal and cutting tool moves in different directions ...

So let me share the idea with your shop, too. See Figure 1.