when was the lathe invented?
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Jacques de Vaucanson built the first all-metal lathe around 1751, according to Book Rags. Henry Maudslay, who is considered the father of the industrial lathe, invented the first screw-cutting engine lathe in 1797.
The pole lathe was invented sometime before the 13th century AD. Although it represented a great advance the pole lathe was not that much more complicated than its predecessors. The differences consisted of a framework to raise the bed of the lathe clear of the ground, the addition of a pole and a treadle.