You can buy your own wood lathe or build your own. He always starts with wood and materials that are readily available in his shop, which keeps his projects within a reasonable budget.

How To Build A Lathe ... Powered (Treadle) Lathe". I took an old corn auger flywheel with some reclaimed lumber and made a lathe that can run at 1500 RPM's using it to turn wood for all kinds ...

The YouTuber Scrap Wood City didn't let that stop him, though. He built his own small lathe using a Dremel rotary tool and some wood blocks. He carved a head and tailstock from a 2 x 4 and ...

Heath labels a circuit breaker; Tom shares his hobby of lathe turning ... Then, in Build It, he shows how to turn a segmented bowl, which is comprised of multiple pieces of wood glued together ...