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 67
66 PATTERN MAKER'S ASSISTANT. sucli as simple boring and facing, slide rest tools may be used to advantage, iuasmuch as they will operate quicker than band tools. Since, however, pattern lathes are not usually provided with slide rests, we shall confine our … around the hand rest while the gouge is confined between the thumb and forefinger, thus gripping the gouge end to the rest. This is advisable when turning a i)iece of work that is not comj)letely round, as, for instance, tipping off the teeth of a gear wheel, in which case gripping the gouge
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