"Produces Metal Rods more efficiently."
The Lathe is an electric machine used to create metal rods much more efficiently than a File would. It can be thought of as a "stick-making machine". It takes one metal ingot and produces either two rods, or one rod and two Tiny Piles of Dust, whereas a File only produces one rod per ingot. The Lathe can also be used in the place of a Saw for sawing Wood Planks into Sticks.
It was added as part of the early-game tool rework of version 3.10a.

Maximum Safe Input:

32EU/p (LV)

When processing Wood into Sticks, the Lathe consumes 8EU/t. When processing metal into rods, the Lathe consumes 16EU/t.

Possible Upgrades:

Overclocker
Transformer
Battery
Minecraft Joules
Steam

• Accepts Covers
• Will attempt to automatically output items

Crafting Recipe:

Main Parts	Alternate Parts
4 Steel Plates (GregTech)	4 Steel Plates (Ore Dictionary)
2 Steel Gears (GregTech)
1 Conveyor Module
1 Advanced Circuit
1 Steel Machine Hull	1 Advanced Machine Casing

Machine Recipes:

Input	Main Output	Secondary Output	Cost (EU)	Time (seconds)
Wooden Planks x1	Stick x2		200	1
Wood Plate x1	Stick x2		200	1
Iron Ingot x1	Iron Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Iron Dust x2	800	2
Gold Ingot x1	Gold Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Gold Dust x2	800	2
Bronze Ingot x1	Bronze Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Bronze Dust x2	800	2
Copper Ingot x1	Copper Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Copper Dust x2	800	2
Lead Ingot x1	Lead Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Lead Dust x2	800	2
Tin Ingot x1	Tin Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Tin Dust x2	800	2
Silver Ingot x1	Silver Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Tin Dust x2	800	2
Steel Ingot x1	Steel Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Steel Dust x2	800	2
Aluminium Ingot x1	Aluminium Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Aluminium Dust x2	800	2
Titanium Ingot x1	Titanium Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Titanium Dust x2	800	2
Chrome Ingot x1	Chrome Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Chrome Dust x2	800	2
Electrum Ingot x1	Electrum Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Electrum Dust x2	800	2
Tungsten Ingot x1	Tungsten Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Tungsten Dust x2	800	2
Zinc Ingot x1	Zinc Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Zinc Dust x2	800	2
Brass Ingot x1	Brass Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Brass Dust x2	800	2
Platinum Ingot x1	Platinum Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Platinum Dust x2	800	2
Nickel Ingot x1	Nickel Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Nickel Dust x2	800	2
Invar Ingot x1	Invar Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Invar Dust x2	800	2
Osmium Ingot x1	Osmium Rod x1	Tiny Pile of Osmium Dust x2	800	2
Refined Iron Ingot x1	Refined Iron Rod x2		2400	7
Tungstensteel Ingot x1	Tungstensteel Rod x2		2400	7
Iridium Ingot x1	Iridium Rod x2		2400	7

Technical Recipe Information

The recipes for this machine come from checking the Forge Ore Dictionary for all items registered as Wood Planks ("plankWood"), and metal ingots ("ingot[Metal]") that have a corresponding rod ("stick[Metal]"). If a metal has a dust, the Lathe will produce 1 Rod and 2 Tiny Piles of Dust. If a metal does not have a dust, the Lathe will take longer to process, but produce 2 rods. All metal rods are registered in the Ore Dictionary as "stick[Metal]".
All recipes for this machine appear in DynamicConfig.cfg under the heading "lathe {".
Note: All metal rods that have a corresponding dust can be macerated back into 2 Tiny Piles of Dust.