Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 248
at thecommencement of the cut, and at B at the other end or termination of the cut; then it is apparentthat the variation in diameter would be less than if the amount of wear upon the bed were in alateral instead of in a vertical direction. This is because in the former case the tool-point,… … S- 236 LATHE, METAL-WORKING. likewise would require to be vertical. Such, however, is not the case, except where a tool havinga maximum of side rake (as in Fig. 2582) is used. While employing all other forms of tools, thedirection of the drain on the slide-rest will be lateral as well as vertical,…
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