LATHE-WORK A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TOOLS, APPLIANCES, AND PROCESSES EMPLOYED IN THE ART OF TURNING INCLUDING HAND-TURNING, BORING AND DRILLING, THE USE OF SLIDE- CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND CO. 7, STATIONERS' HALL COURT, LUDGATE HILL 1881 [All rights reserved] 186. f. 103 PREFACE. WHEN first I occupied myself in mechanical manipulations and lathe-work engrossed my attention, the want of a handy guide-book, treating the subject in a practical manner, was greatly felt. Though much has been done since then towards placing technical education within the reach of all, yet I recently found, in my official capacity as editor of a journal largely devoted to mechanics, that beginners at the lathe still continue to seek such a book, and I have therefore prepared the following pages. In the form of desultory articles, written by me, much of the information has already appeared in various technical papers. The whole has been re-written for publication in book form, and it has been my endeavour to bring within the available space the information most useful to the beginner at lathe-work. Though I make no claim to special literary merit, yet I believe that the instructions are made clear without verbiage; and as I write from personal experience, the book may be accepted as |