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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 38

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bed, care being taken that the mandril is retained parallel to the lathe-bed. The rest may be blocked up in a similar manner, or a temporary rest may be made of a piece of bar- iron bent to a suitable form. In some cases it will be very convenient to have a self-acting slide-rest, as for turning… … a direction at right angles to the lathe-bed. It is worked by a screw attached to the lower slide, which gears into a nut fixed to the bottom of the

Turning (Lathe work)

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