Equipped with a 150W, 1/5 horsepower motor capable of anywhere from 100 to 3,800 RPM, this miniature metal lathe should be powerful enough for a number of hobbyist projects.

Mini lathes aren't really an anomaly. ... Ideal for tackling small projects, the lathe can cut threads at 12 to 52 threads per inch, giving users fine, closely packed threading.

[Tim Nummy] used his cheap, Chinese, bench mini-lathe to make a non-terrible mailbox flag holder (YouTube video, embedded below). Tim posts videos on his channel about garage hobby projects, many ...

That lathe has seen plenty of use in [Uri]’s projects, turning both wood and metal stock into parts for his builds. It wasn’t really optimal for traditional metal turning, though, so Mini ...

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