Aldyth loves that she has access to a lathe, and cool videos like this are proof. "Here's how to manually cut threads (thread turning, as many would call it) on a lathe," Aldyth told WooGlobe.

A more cost-effective purchase would be one of the kits from Adafruit.com. In this Instructable, [maxnoble440] demonstrates the little lathe turning a crayon using a variety of tools from the very ...