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...

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...

Two-time runner-up Ramy Brooks was disqualified from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for abusing his dogs.The 38-year-old Brooks hit each of his 10 dogs with a trail marking lathe, similar to a surveyor's stake, after two refused to get up and continue running on...

Thousands of adventurers have been drawn to Mount Everest by the challenge of climbing to the top of the world. Jeff Clapp was drawn by the trash they leave behind.Inspired by a documentary about Everest's rubbish, Clapp traveled to Nepal and brought a load of...