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 177
it is the only possibleway to learn to cut true, which may be so, but it is certainlynot the way to turn smoothly, which is of quite as much im-portance and a necessary complement to truth. It is notto be understood that the point of the graver is never tobe used to turn with, for there are places… … Fig. 143. Fig. 144. Fig. 145. The length of time a point will remain in good cuttingcondition, even when used by an experienced hand, is soshort that this alone is sufficient cause to limit its use tosuch occasions as are indispensably necessary. The angle of the cutting edge of slide rest tools…
Clocks and watches · Lathes
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