Don't have a lathe you can work metal on? The next best thing is just watching it happen. Here's one cutting a spiral pattern into a workpiece, much like the texture on metal stairs used to increase ...

With lathe-cut, there are fewer tooling costs, smaller orders and the ability to make design changes easily. In addition, Grand River can handle rapid prototyping with a week's lead time with its ...

Editor's Note: An updated version of this information can be found here. What exactly is computer-numerical-controlled (CNC) machining? It’s a means to make parts by removing material via high-speed, ...

The Sturges Turning Head by Dan Sturges of Sturges DesignWorks, Portland, Oreg., lets users produce prototypes, one-offs, custom machines, and devices that require CNC lathe parts. Basically, the ...

ASHTABULA, Ohio—When some companies zig, others zag. Grand River Rubber & Plastics, the 100-percent employee-owned company that sits along the southeastern shore of Lake Erie, turned out to be the ...