Hi Martin, yup an example would definitely help!

But in your own description there you say: "give the resulting cut the equivalent to a boolean merge." ..... So if you want a result that's the equivalent of boolean merge, can't you use boolean merge to do that right now?

What I mean is - doesn't doing a revolve plus a boolean give you the same result that you're looking for with Lathe?

If that's not the case and you're asking for something that you cannot do currently with Revolve + boolean, then that would definitely help to get more explanation.

If you can get the same result using revolve + boolean, then that's the method to use for doing your "lathe" right there - I usually don't like to put in a totally new tool that replicates functionality that is already easily obtained by using a couple of existing tools in combination with each other. Having tons of specialty tools tends to lead to a complex and "bloated" UI which then causes problems for people just trying to find any particular tool to use during regular operation... The main way to have specialized tools like that would be to do it as a plug-in at some point so that it would not clog up the regular UI.

- Michael