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 490
employed for producing carvings and recessed or relieved panel-work, and for ornamental bracket-work. The form of tool A used is carefully shaped to suit the requirements of the work, and is re-volved at high speed in the vertical spindle, the work being fed and operated against and beneaththe… … hand-wheel shown beneath the table. It is elevated to bring the work into contact with the tool tothe required depth by means of a notched treadle, and the finished work is readily removed by theoperation of an auxiliary treadle, which disengages a pawl and allows the prime treadle and the tableto…
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