First paperback edition of definitive guide to turning on the complex or ornamental lathe, the high Victorian art par excellence. Text organized according to various cutting frames and chucks, describing and illustrating the enormous powers of each used both independently and in combination. Detailed instructions. 78 objects or finished sections illustrated — urns, vases, chessmen, chalices, etc. 600 illustrations.
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this book is about big boys toys in the 1860s. i visited the lynn museum in ashburton new zealand 2009 again 2010. museum full of holtzapffel lathes and attachments. ornamental turning seems to becoming a lost art these days in new zealand. book arrived in verry good condition. i am well pleased with my purchase
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