Everything needs a little love now and then.   We’ve been pushing the lathe pretty hard lately, including turning some things that are definitely pushing

New techniques, new tools, new materials, oh my!   This project builds on all the previous lathe articles in this series in order to make something

New materials and new techniques.   Now that we’ve learned how to grind HSS tool bits, some really nice new avenues open up to us.

An easy method to get started.   High Speed Steel is wonderful stuff. With all the talk these days about carbide insert tooling, and online

A second fun project to amaze your friends.   We’re going to build on the basic skills from the steel ring project, such as tool setup,

An approachable first project on the lathe.   Another post so soon? It’s true, Blondihacks posts never come this quickly in sequence. We average about

From a dream to first chips   If you’re interested in making things, and particularly metal things, you’re on a road that eventually leads to machine tools.