The pattern maker's assistant : embracing lathe work, branch work, core work, sweep work, and practical gear construction : the preparation and use of tools : together with a large collection of useful and valuable tables (1878)
Rose, Joshua · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 57
56 PATTEEN MAKER'S ASSISTANT. screwed fast to the floor. It is not an uncommon thing, when an unusually large job is being done in the lathe, to … brace or shore the lathe by means of braces placed between the lathe shears and the floor, wall, "and ceiling. Of this arrangement it is sufficient to say that it is merely a make-shift, and is only resorted to when the floor is sprmgy. In cases where it is necessary to use one lathe for both large…
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