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 256
ronts, chalk box and aprons; they werewell made and sold readily, as it was a great convenience tobe able to buy a bench when you bought your lathe, and thefirm soon did a large business in them. The bottom wassoon added, as the bench could then be made stronger and 254 THE AMERICAN LATHE. 255… … Fig. 226. English Lathe and Bench. Purdy if a roll-top bench could not be made, so that it couldbe readily locked up when leaving work. Mr. Jessen wascalled in and given the problem, which he soon solvedsatisfactorily, and thus originated the modern roll-top benchin use to-day. The first roll-top…
Clocks and watches · Lathes
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