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 259
g price. With a flat topped bench thewatchmaker acquires the habit of cleaning away his workeach evening, but with the curtain top he is inclined to leave >58 THE AMERICAN LATHE. everything just where he dropped it and therefore his benchtop is liable to be the receptacle for all kinds of odds… … Fig. 228. Roll Top Bench, closed. When a job of lathe work is completed, always clean offany turnings, filings or dirt, so it will not get into thewatch; also put away all tools and attachments in theirrespective places, and then, should you need any of themagain it will be much easier to get them…
Clocks and watches · Lathes
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