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The practice of hand-turning in wood, ivory, shell, etc. : with instructions for turning such works in metal as may be required in the practice of turning in wood, ivory, etc. : also, an appendix on ornamental turning : a book for beginners (1868)

Campin, Francis · London : E. & F.N. Spon · leaf 126

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118 THE PRACTICE OF HAND-TURNING. manipulator desires, be polished, when it will be com¬ plete and ready for* use. We will now explain the construction of the ordinary dies, which are more satisfactory than the screw-plate thus described, as these dies admit of being sharpened, which the cutting -… … Fig. 57 represents two forms of die-stocks, in which to retain the dies while in use, and also a pair of dies. The dies are usually made in two pieces, as shown, and are furnished with a v groove on the sides, as shown by the dotted lines, which groove fits upon a corresponding ridge in the…

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