[This Old Tony] is no stranger to quality tools, but he started on a mini lathe ... cam locking mechanism on the tail stock which is an improvement on the lathe with which our narrator learned.

Effortless DIY: The ArtyMaster Mini Wood Lathe Machine caters to the needs ... and a versatile tailstock, it excels in handling high-hardness woods, POM, copper and more materials.

[Tim Nummy] used his cheap, Chinese, bench mini-lathe to make a non-terrible mailbox ... And from the looks of it, the tail stock isn’t any rock steady too. Although the lathe is variable ...