John Jacob Holtzapffel · digital reprint by www.CircuitousRoot.com · leaf 84
s, all are made of steel and they range from two and a half to about four inches in total length; the widths of their cutting edges vary from about five hundredths to about three tenths of an inch and the angle of their cutting bevils for hardwood and ivory is about 30° measured from the face. Some… … the profiles of the smaller and more delicate mouldings are more accurate when thus given to the tool and so transferred to the work than when turned every member separately. Un- like the generality of tools, these sliderest and the hand mould- ing tools are sharpened only upon their flat surface…
Ornamental turning
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