The brassfounder's manual : instructions for the modelling, pattern-making, moulding, alloying, turning, filing, burnishing, bronzing, etc., etc. ... (1879)
Graham, Walter · London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. · leaf 54
40 THE BRASSFOUNDER's MANUAL. lathe, the cross or slide bar a generally fixed to an iron stand, is made of iron, with its top surface planed. On this bar are fixed the heads and rest. It is of the utmost importance that c d, e f be … Fig. 16.— Lathe. in one and the same horizontal line. The chuck h IS made to unscrew, so as to allow different sizes and forms of chucks to be used on the same lathe. The chuck-head is always furnished with a loose and fixed pulley, for the shifting of the belt. In the better class of lathes a cone…
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