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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 91

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ILLING, ETC. is necessary for its manipulation consisting in the working of the bow with the right hand, while the drill is firmly held in the left hand against the ar¬ ticle to be perforated. This stock can of course only be used with those drills which are constructed to cut in both direc¬ tions.… … attached to the cross-bar, d, through which the drill- shaft freely passes. The method of using this drill- stock is as follows: A drill of the proper size having been fitted into the socket, and the point thereof rested upon the work to be perforated, the operator takes hold of the cross-bar with…

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