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 221
required form, and then screwed together and finished while thus united. The ornamental circles on the stem of the piece may conveniently be wrought with moulding tools, and by taking such a step the manipulator will ensure similarity of form in all the pieces of the same name. The sixteen pawns… … tive and satisfactory. The amateur will very possibly find some diffi¬ culty in carving the head of the knight, but a little patience will enable him to effect this without dis¬ credit. We now pass on to the construction of those more important pieces called rooks, or castles, of which we have…
Turning (Lathe work)
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