the lathe turns slowly sometimes
December 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
the lathe turns slowly sometimes
I know it’s not a corgi, but we did get the brake lathe out of the truck and on its base, now with 400% more wheels so it’s mobile and not married to a piece of shop floor real estate.
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I know it’s not a corgi, but we did get the brake lathe out of the truck and on its base, now with 400% more wheels so it’s mobile and not married to a piece of shop floor real estate.
I loved Lathe and I know Im in the minority but I always found Left Hand of Darkness to be a slog
December 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I loved Lathe and I know Im in the minority but I always found Left Hand of Darkness to be a slog
That’s in the lean to on the back…
And a lathe!
And a lathe!
December 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
That’s in the lean to on the back…
And a lathe!
And a lathe!
Please put down the lathe of heaven, I am begging you
December 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Please put down the lathe of heaven, I am begging you
I always get a little anxious cutting pieces off the lathe, but this Tow Mater nightlight for my youngest went smooth. Definitely getting more comfortable with it.
#lathe #woodturning #towmater #epoxy #craftycouplecreations
#lathe #woodturning #towmater #epoxy #craftycouplecreations
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I always get a little anxious cutting pieces off the lathe, but this Tow Mater nightlight for my youngest went smooth. Definitely getting more comfortable with it.
#lathe #woodturning #towmater #epoxy #craftycouplecreations
#lathe #woodturning #towmater #epoxy #craftycouplecreations
Our special category was the machine shop in the basement including a partial oversized South Bend lathe and half a dozen drill presses, one of which I still have.
December 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Our special category was the machine shop in the basement including a partial oversized South Bend lathe and half a dozen drill presses, one of which I still have.
I've been having this reaction more lately with the notion of canonicity.
luke skywalker treasured his lightsaber? says who? A Guy made that up -- Another Guy can make up quite literally whatever they want about it. lightsabers are powered by honey now. I said so. we all hold the lathe of heaven.
luke skywalker treasured his lightsaber? says who? A Guy made that up -- Another Guy can make up quite literally whatever they want about it. lightsabers are powered by honey now. I said so. we all hold the lathe of heaven.
December 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I've been having this reaction more lately with the notion of canonicity.
luke skywalker treasured his lightsaber? says who? A Guy made that up -- Another Guy can make up quite literally whatever they want about it. lightsabers are powered by honey now. I said so. we all hold the lathe of heaven.
luke skywalker treasured his lightsaber? says who? A Guy made that up -- Another Guy can make up quite literally whatever they want about it. lightsabers are powered by honey now. I said so. we all hold the lathe of heaven.
the "Bill Stickers" of the train operating factory is the yard/shop chart whose "WHEEL LATHE" spot is always corrected to say "WHEEE LATHE"
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
the "Bill Stickers" of the train operating factory is the yard/shop chart whose "WHEEL LATHE" spot is always corrected to say "WHEEE LATHE"
42. Snocaps: Snocaps
41. Suzie True: How I Learned to Love What's Gone
40. The Armed: THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED
39. Alex G: Headlights
38. Lathe of Heaven: Aurora
37. Tyler, The Creator: DON'T TAP THE GLASS
36. Big Thief: Double Infinity
35. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: GUSH
41. Suzie True: How I Learned to Love What's Gone
40. The Armed: THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED
39. Alex G: Headlights
38. Lathe of Heaven: Aurora
37. Tyler, The Creator: DON'T TAP THE GLASS
36. Big Thief: Double Infinity
35. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: GUSH
December 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
42. Snocaps: Snocaps
41. Suzie True: How I Learned to Love What's Gone
40. The Armed: THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED
39. Alex G: Headlights
38. Lathe of Heaven: Aurora
37. Tyler, The Creator: DON'T TAP THE GLASS
36. Big Thief: Double Infinity
35. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: GUSH
41. Suzie True: How I Learned to Love What's Gone
40. The Armed: THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED
39. Alex G: Headlights
38. Lathe of Heaven: Aurora
37. Tyler, The Creator: DON'T TAP THE GLASS
36. Big Thief: Double Infinity
35. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: GUSH
#Caturday snugs with the orange beastie ( @lathe-operator.bsky.social )
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#Caturday snugs with the orange beastie ( @lathe-operator.bsky.social )
"Why are you so afraid of yourself… of changing things? Try to detach yourself from yourself and try to see your own viewpoint from the outside, objectively. " ~Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe Of Heaven
How to Live Fully: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Remedy for Our Resistance to Change
The most assuring thing about life is that we can change, that things can change, that they are always changing. The most maddening is that despite living in a universe that is one constant transmu…
www.themarginalian.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Why are you so afraid of yourself… of changing things? Try to detach yourself from yourself and try to see your own viewpoint from the outside, objectively. " ~Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe Of Heaven
either that or " candidates for the Lathe of Heaven "
December 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
either that or " candidates for the Lathe of Heaven "
Damn. Now that's a phrase that's gotten some good attention on the word-lathe.
[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
December 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Damn. Now that's a phrase that's gotten some good attention on the word-lathe.
put down the lathe of heaven before anyone gets hurt
December 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
put down the lathe of heaven before anyone gets hurt
@dtl Speaking as a fellow lathe owner: you should. The only problem is, once you start using it, you'll see it as the solution to a lot of problems.
December 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@dtl Speaking as a fellow lathe owner: you should. The only problem is, once you start using it, you'll see it as the solution to a lot of problems.
Maybe 2026 will be the year I dig my lathe out from under this pile and start using it.
December 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Maybe 2026 will be the year I dig my lathe out from under this pile and start using it.
Industrial "strategy" always depends upon exactly what one is most nostalgic for.
BL long for factories and mother putting the tea on the table as dad comes home from grinding the lathe.
TBI for Thunderbirds and Dan Dare and technology that goes "beep"
They are all fantastical.
BL long for factories and mother putting the tea on the table as dad comes home from grinding the lathe.
TBI for Thunderbirds and Dan Dare and technology that goes "beep"
They are all fantastical.
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Industrial "strategy" always depends upon exactly what one is most nostalgic for.
BL long for factories and mother putting the tea on the table as dad comes home from grinding the lathe.
TBI for Thunderbirds and Dan Dare and technology that goes "beep"
They are all fantastical.
BL long for factories and mother putting the tea on the table as dad comes home from grinding the lathe.
TBI for Thunderbirds and Dan Dare and technology that goes "beep"
They are all fantastical.
Mistress is putting this one in the lathe tomorrow!
December 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Mistress is putting this one in the lathe tomorrow!
Grabbing the Rotex to polish up this Tow Mater nightlight I’ve been working on. I can’t wait to see this one light up ✨
Who’s excited to see the final glow?
#festool #polishing #lathe #craftycouplecreations #festoolemployee
Who’s excited to see the final glow?
#festool #polishing #lathe #craftycouplecreations #festoolemployee
December 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Grabbing the Rotex to polish up this Tow Mater nightlight I’ve been working on. I can’t wait to see this one light up ✨
Who’s excited to see the final glow?
#festool #polishing #lathe #craftycouplecreations #festoolemployee
Who’s excited to see the final glow?
#festool #polishing #lathe #craftycouplecreations #festoolemployee
Some heavy hitters on here. Lathe of Heaven, Futurological Congress, and Roadside Picnic are all personal favorites.
Their shared theme of how reality has veered off course and become fundamentally unknowable feels mega appropriate for 2025, ha ha.
Their shared theme of how reality has veered off course and become fundamentally unknowable feels mega appropriate for 2025, ha ha.
December 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Some heavy hitters on here. Lathe of Heaven, Futurological Congress, and Roadside Picnic are all personal favorites.
Their shared theme of how reality has veered off course and become fundamentally unknowable feels mega appropriate for 2025, ha ha.
Their shared theme of how reality has veered off course and become fundamentally unknowable feels mega appropriate for 2025, ha ha.
Flowers TD immediately after I cracked open a GUNFUCK. that’s on me. I’d been saving it for this game (since it’s a Ravens game with a mild chance of making me want to die, unlike next week, which is either zero or extreme chance) but didn’t consider lathe timing
haveing my GUNFUCK
December 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Flowers TD immediately after I cracked open a GUNFUCK. that’s on me. I’d been saving it for this game (since it’s a Ravens game with a mild chance of making me want to die, unlike next week, which is either zero or extreme chance) but didn’t consider lathe timing
Moby-Dick, The Lathe of Heaven, The Remains of the Day
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Moby-Dick, The Lathe of Heaven, The Remains of the Day
lathe,
burning cobalt
corrosive in nacred grasp,
bruising joints
woven ivory and copper,
drains
cut scraps, in gentle fingers
smeared open
(delicate structure
in bones between lips,)
kilnstain and oil;
burning cobalt
corrosive in nacred grasp,
bruising joints
woven ivory and copper,
drains
cut scraps, in gentle fingers
smeared open
(delicate structure
in bones between lips,)
kilnstain and oil;
December 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
lathe,
burning cobalt
corrosive in nacred grasp,
bruising joints
woven ivory and copper,
drains
cut scraps, in gentle fingers
smeared open
(delicate structure
in bones between lips,)
kilnstain and oil;
burning cobalt
corrosive in nacred grasp,
bruising joints
woven ivory and copper,
drains
cut scraps, in gentle fingers
smeared open
(delicate structure
in bones between lips,)
kilnstain and oil;
I also read Lathe of Heaven this year. Tremendous book and it’s nice to read a sci-fi/fantasy book that couldn’t be used as a door stopper.
December 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I also read Lathe of Heaven this year. Tremendous book and it’s nice to read a sci-fi/fantasy book that couldn’t be used as a door stopper.