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  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
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Lathe

Lathe

WorldObject

A set of smoothing and woodworking tools that assist in creating wheels and transportation.

Weight5000 gMax stack1SkillMechanics Lv 1StationMachinist Table

Notes

The Lathe is an advanced crafting station used for producing wheel and transport components, specifically Iron Axles and Screws. It accepts Advanced Upgrade and Mechanics Advanced Upgrade modules to improve its efficiency, and it requires placement inside an enclosed, Tier 3 room with at least 20 cubic meters of free volume. Because of its high room-tier requirement, ensure your settlement has invested in high-quality building materials and room furnishings before constructing a Lathe, or your station simply won't function.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

⚙ Craft calculator — adjust for your modules, skill & talents
Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Iron Wheel4item
Iron Plate12item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Iron Scrap1.44

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled โ€” see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor150 calories
Craft time5 min
Throughput12 Lathe / hour (base)

As a placed object

RoomIndustrialSize1×2×4
Viewer
Room requirements
IndoorsIn an enclosed roomRoom tierTier 2Room volume20 m³
Operating
Labor25โ€“75 cal

Accepts upgrade modules

Crafted here

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Steps11Total labor3475 calTotal time58.38 min

Categories

Obtained from

See also

The whine of polished steel and the rhythm of spinning wood speak a quiet language of motion, promising wheels that will turn true and axles that will bear any load.