Excerpt from The Screw-Cutting Lathe: How to Select, Set Up, Adjust and Operate The writer would always advise the smith to buv a new lathe if possible. But there are sometimes circumstances which forbid the new tool while a second-hand one may be in sight. There are many excellent second-hand lathes, but it requires a man accustomed to lathes to pick out a good one. There are a few simple things to be looked at which will prevent the smith from selecting a lathe which has been too badly worn. First, look over the entire ...
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Excerpt from The Screw-Cutting Lathe: How to Select, Set Up, Adjust and Operate The writer would always advise the smith to buv a new lathe if possible. But there are sometimes circumstances which forbid the new tool while a second-hand one may be in sight. There are many excellent second-hand lathes, but it requires a man accustomed to lathes to pick out a good one. There are a few simple things to be looked at which will prevent the smith from selecting a lathe which has been too badly worn. First, look over the entire machine for signs of wear and hard usage. If the bed has been hammered, and V 5 all dented and jammed up, the tool-post hammered out of Shape, the gears broken or worn thin, then the smith may well leave that lathe to the junk man and pass to the next tool. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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