Lathes represent one of the earliest machine tool families and were probably in use as early as 700 B.C. The invention of the cord drive for the rocking drill--the first mechanical cutting tool--made possible a similar drive system for the lathe, which...

A lathe (pronounced /ˈleɪð/) is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has...

Bethnal Green Eddie is not a happy man. He has put himself out to do someone a favour, and then been told he has done the job wrong. The job was a lath-and-plaster ceiling, cracked and sagging, but still worth trying to save,...

An unusual pairing of two machine tool builders could make life easier for small to medium-sized jobshops. Bridgeport and Okuma America Corp. have teamed up to produce the HTC line of turning machines, manufactured exclusively by Okuma for Bridgeport. The new turning...

One of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's most popular mushers was handed a two-year suspension Friday and placed on three years' probation for abusing his dogs during this year's race.Ramy Brooks can next request entry to the 1,100-mile race in 2010.Brooks, twice an Iditarod...

The ceaseless sound of tapping metal echoes through these muddy, garbage-strewn alleys where thousands of workers in crumbling brick hovels churn out one of Pakistan's most successful exports _ surgical instruments.Home to more than 2,000 instrument makers, this city is one of the world's top...