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The watchmakers' lathe, its use and abuse; a story of the lathe in its various forms, past and present, its construction and proper uses (1903)

Goodrich, Ward L. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Hazlitt & Walker · leaf 13

An illustration from The watchmakers' lathe, its use and abuse; a story of the lathe in its various forms, past and present, its construction and proper uses, 1903, leaf 13 — mean to say that the averageAmerican watchmaker is the superior or even the peer 12 THE AMERICAN LATHE. oi the European. We have our full share of botches. Weadmire the workmanship of the European watchmaker,which, as a rule, is excellent, but we only regret that themen who have so much inherent… … Fig. 4. Fiddlc-Bow Lathe. center. These lathes are known as fiddle-bow lathes,because motion was imparted to them by means of a bow-made of steel, wood, whalebone or other substances, andhaving a cord of catgut string, and they resembled the bowused by performers on the fiddle or violin. Fig. 4…

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