Lathe work — turning services and custom-made parts
People order lathe work when a part is not sold anywhere: a worn bronze bushing, a broken old shaft, matching balusters for a staircase. Say in an order what to turn, from what and how many, and turners will send responses. Or compare turners yourself: prices, work photos and client reviews.
Lathe turners
How much lathe work costs
What affects the price
The metal or the wood species
Aluminum and brass are easier to turn than stainless steel. For wooden pieces, the species and dryness of the blank matter: a piece turned from green wood may warp or crack as it dries.
A drawing or a worn sample
With a finished drawing the turner can start right away; from a worn sample the dimensions first have to be measured and restored. The tighter the precision, the longer the job.
One part or a batch
Setting up the lathe for the first part takes the most time, so a single bushing costs relatively more than each one in a batch. Runs of identical parts are often turned on CNC lathes.
Threads, slots and hardening
Thread cutting, milling a keyway, hardening or coating are separate operations and are usually charged on top of the turning.
Size and shape of the part
A long shaft or a large-diameter disc will not fit every lathe, and a thin-walled bushing is turned more slowly so it does not deform.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find a lathe turner
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose a lathe turner
- 1
Metal or wood
Metal turners and woodturners work on different lathes with different tools. Check whether the turner's services include your material, and look for similar parts in the portfolio.
- 2
Will your part fit
Every lathe has limits on the diameter and length of the blank. For a long shaft, a large disc or a staircase newel post, ask about them in advance.
- 3
The mating part for fitting
If a bushing has to fit onto a shaft or into a bearing housing, give the turner the shaft or housing too: a fit is more reliable when matched to them than made from dimensions alone.
- 4
A test part before the batch
When you need a few dozen identical parts, ask for one to be turned first, check it in your mechanism, and only then order the rest.
- 5
How to hand over the part
A turner usually works in their own workshop. Agree how you will hand over the sample or material and how you will get the finished part back — in person or by mail.
What to put in the order
What part it is and what it is for: a shaft, bushing, flange, baluster or furniture leg
The material — steel, brass, bronze, cast nylon or a wood species — and whether you have a blank
Whether there is a drawing, a sketch with dimensions or a worn sample
The approximate diameter and length of the part
How many identical parts you need
Whether threads, slots, hardening or coating are needed
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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