Craft, Trades & Making · Woodworking
A topic within Woodworking, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Craft, Trades & Making.
2 works
Archie S. Milton & Otto K. Wohlers
Builds lathe skill through a graded sequence of spindle and faceplate exercises, treating turning as a distinct trade with its own tool geometry rather than an extension of bench joinery.
about 55 minutes to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Charles Holtzapffel
Treats the lathe and its cutting tools as instruments of applied mechanics rather than craft lore, working out the geometry of common turning operations from first principles instead of by rule of thumb.
link checked 17 Sept 2026