[Uri Tuchman] had a different idea. He wanted to make a clock out of the gears used in the lathe. Can he do it? Of course, as you can see in the video below. Along the way, he used several tools.

That’s where the lead screw comes in — most lathes have a gear-driven lead screw that can ... some really useful capabilities to the antique machine. By decoupling the lead screw from the ...