THE
TURNER’S COMPANION:
CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS IN
CONCENTRIC, ELLIPTIC, AND ECCENTRIC TURNING;
ALSO VARIOUS
Plates of Chucks, Tools, and Instruments:
AND
DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE ECCENTRIC CUTTER, DRILL, VERTICAL
CUTTER, AND CIRCULAR REST;
WITH PATTERNS,
AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORKING THEM.
PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY CAREY BAIRD,
INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHER,
No. 406 WALNUT STREET.
1868.
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CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Preface | 11 |
| History of the Lathe | 18 |
| ——— | |
| Arc patterns described | 105 |
| —— ——, how worked | 107 |
| —— ——, observations upon | 108 |
| Balls, Chinese | 68 |
| Balls, how turned | 111 |
| Balls and hollow spheres | 68 |
| Black dye for ivory | 64 |
| Bleaching ivory | 63 |
| Boring collars | 53 |
| Boring tools | 55 |
| —— ——, how to use properly | 56 |
| Bottle | 91 |
| Box, how made | 44 |
| ——, how polished | 45 |
| ——, lined with orange-peel | 124 |
| —— —— —— tortoise-shell | 124 |
| Brass wheel | 72 |
| Catgut, advantage of | [Pg 6]32 |