I have been watching some of the videos by this chap on youtube...
At first I thought, oh yes someone who can hack about with a lathe. As time progresses however and you get into a few more of them, there does not appear to be any job he can't do - impressive skill set.
A good starter:
(how to you get a bog standard arc welding job turn out that pretty? ;-)
This one for inventive creation of tools along the way:
Rings a bell: