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 294
284 APPENDIX. carried upon the screw of the click plate, the lathe may be set in motion, when the eccentric circle will be produced. A ring of these circles may be formed by turning the click-plate through a certain portion of a revolution after the production of each indivi¬ dual circle. Fi&. 93. … In the accompanying figure we have shown two designs capable of being produced by the eccentric- chuck, and we will explain the method of carving them, supposing that the design shown at a is to be carved on the top of a snuff box, and that at h on the bottom. The snuff box having been turned…
Turning (Lathe work)
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