In the fourth instalment of our series on George Daniels’ book, Watchmaking, Chris and Jon discuss the watchmaker’s lathe, its uses, and what to look for when buying one.

• Watchmaking by George Daniels
• Lathes
• Struthers’ Project 248 2 Minds, 4 Hands, One 8mm Lathe
• Turning Between Centres
• Makers Rendezvous Chris tried his hand at turning poplar on a pull lathe at Makers Rendezvous 2019
• Lee Valley
• Zaratsu Polishing
• Holtzapffel Makers of ornamental lathes
• Watchmakers Lathe
• Schaublin Lathes
• Aciera F1
• Micro 100 Carbide Tooling
• Machinery’s Handbook
• DMT Diamond Bench Stones
• Ruby Hone
• Making High Speed Steel Cutters
• Grinding Lathe Tools
• 4 Jaw Chuck Centering competition at Bar Z Bash
• Cowells Makers of small machine tools
• Vector Watchmaker Lathes & Accessories
• Cardon Tools