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product_id: 255288151
title: "Metal Lathe for Home Machinists"
price: "€ 35.23"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 5
url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/255288151-metal-lathe-for-home-machinists
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region: Portugal
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# Metal Lathe for Home Machinists

**Price:** € 35.23
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Metal Lathe for Home Machinists
- **How much does it cost?** € 35.23 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/255288151-metal-lathe-for-home-machinists)

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## Description

Metal Lathe for Home Machinists is a project-based course that provides a complete introduction to the lathe and lathe metalworking. This book takes beginners through all the basic techniques needed to tackle a wide range of machining operations. Advance through a series of practice projects that teach how to use the lathe and develop essential skills through practical application. Contained 12 lathe turning projects to develop confidence and become an accomplished home shop machinist, each project is designed to develop essential lathe skills that the reader will use again and again. All of the projects are extensively illustrated and full working drawings accompany the text. The book advances from basic projects to higher levels of difficulty as the course progresses, from a simple surface gauge to a milling cutter chuck where precision and concentricity is vital. After completing this course, the reader will have amassed a wealth of practical skills and a range of useful workshop tools and equipment, while lathe owners with more advanced skills will discover new techniques.

Review: Great book - Great book for the beginner.
Review: Great book, shame about the delivery - DHL Portugal couldn't be bothered to deliver this to my door and dumped it at a collection point 2km away. Not impressed. Book is good.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #307,581 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #624 in Mechanical Engineering #1,161 in How-to & Home Improvements #8,755 in Crafts & Hobbies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 504 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book
*by P***G on 2 March 2024*

Great book for the beginner.

### ⭐ Great book, shame about the delivery
*by M***. on 24 April 2022*

DHL Portugal couldn't be bothered to deliver this to my door and dumped it at a collection point 2km away. Not impressed. Book is good.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Happy
*by A***R on 10 July 2021*

Good

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*Last updated: 2026-06-16*