If you need to make round things, you probably need a lathe. Can you build one as nice as one you can buy? Probably not. But can you build one that will work and allow you to do more things than having no lathe at all? [Mikeandmertle] say absolutely! You can see the contraption in operation in the video below.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/04/12/no-lathe-build-your-own/