A Manual of the Hand Lathe / Comprising Concise Directions for Working Metals of All Kinds, Ivory, Bone and Precious Woods

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE FOOT LATHE.

CHAPTER II. TOOLS.

CHAPTER III. SCRAPERS, ETC.

CHAPTER IV. CHASERS, ETC.

CHAPTER V. CHUCKING.

CHAPTER VI. METAL SPINNING.

CHAPTER VII. ORNAMENTAL CUTTING.

CHAPTER VIII. CENTERS.

CHAPTER IX. FANCY TURNING.

CHAPTER X. ORNAMENTAL WOODS.

CHAPTER XI. WOOD TURNING.

CHAPTER XII. TOOLS FOR WOOD TURNING.

CHAPTER XIII. TOOL TEMPERING, ETC.

CHAPTER XIV. ARTISTIC WOOD TURNING.

CHAPTER XV. STAMP INLAYING.

CHAPTER XVI. DESIGNS IN MOSAIC.

CHAPTER XVII. FINISHING THE OUTSIDE.

CHAPTER XVIII. INLAYING CONTINUED.

CHAPTER XIX. ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS FOR INLAYING.

CHAPTER XX. GENERAL SUMMARY.

INDEX.

A
MANUAL
OF THE
HAND LATHE:

COMPRISING
CONCISE DIRECTIONS
FOR
WORKING METALS OF ALL KINDS, IVORY, BONE AND PRECIOUS
WOODS; DYEING, COLORING, AND FRENCH POLISHING;
INLAYING BY VENEERS, AND VARIOUS METHODS
PRACTICED TO PRODUCE ELABORATE WORK
WITH DISPATCH, AND AT SMALL EXPENSE.
BY EGBERT P. WATSON,
LATE OF “THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,” AUTHOR OF “THE MODERN PRACTICE OF
AMERICAN MACHINISTS AND ENGINEERS.”

ILLUSTRATED BY SEVENTY-EIGHT ENGRAVINGS.

PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY CAREY BAIRD, INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHER,
406 WALNUT STREET.
LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, SON & MARSTON,
Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet St.
1869.

 

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
HENRY CAREY BAIRD,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in
and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

 

 
TO MY DEAR SON,
EGBERT PERLEY WATSON,
I DEDICATE
THIS LITTLE BOOK,
IN THE
HOPE THAT HE MAY BE A GOOD MAN,
AND A GOOD MECHANIC.
 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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