It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself ... prominent role in the build, as do simple tools like a hand drill, files ...

[Makercise] has built a nice oil fired foundry already so it’s off to the next book, Gingery 2, is the metal lathe. The Gingery books and, really, most DIY books from that era are: not well ...