John Jacob Holtzapffel · digital reprint by www.CircuitousRoot.com · leaf 132
orms; suspended from the ceiling in an ordinary room it is rather inaccessible, and being separate from the lathe it interferes with any tempo- rary change being made in the position of the latter. An overhead motion employed about fifty years back and still sometimes met with, consisted of a… … The drum as will be seen in the figure stood parallel with and nearly oyer the lathe bearers, as required for cylindrical orna- mentation, while from the inconsiderable length of traverse of the sliderest, fig. 10, at that time used, the band from the drum driving the tool could stretch…
Ornamental turning
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