Lathe (GregTech 5)/en

The Lathe is a machine from. It is the first machine that the player can build to produce rods more efficiently, as stated in the tooltip. That's because the LV can't be used to craft metal rods. The Lathe and the MV have the same material efficiency, however the Lathe produces one rod and two small dusts per ingot, which means that for some materials like  and  there will be a bigger energetic expense, because those materials have to be smelted in an.

The Lathe can also be used to produce screws, rounds, lenses, and wooden sticks.

Recipe
Like every electric machine in GregTech, the Lathe comes in 5 variants, one for each voltage from Low to Insane.