The Lathe & Its Uses / Or, Instruction in the Art of Turning Wood and Metal. Including a Description of the Most Modern Appliances for the Ornamentation of Plane and Curved Surfaces. With an Appendix, in Which is Described an Entirely Novel Form of Lathe for Eccentric and Rose Engine Turning; a Lathe and Planing Machine Combined; and Other Valuable Matter Relating to the Art.

by James Lukin

[Fig. 410] is executed with wheels 80, 50; 25, 192 making four waves and four-fifths of another wave, requiring 24 waves to complete the pattern. The centre is all done without stopping; the outside rim by altering the eccentric chuck four times, to make each successive wave flatter.

Fig. 410.

[Fig. 411] is an illustration of the upper mandrel, making 5⅓ revolutions to one of the lathe, requiring 16 revolutions to complete the pattern and slide-rest movement.

Fig. 411.

[Fig. 412]. The outer pattern of this figure is produced by the upper mandrel making 12⅘ revolutions to one of the lathe, requiring 64 revolutions to complete the pattern. The centre is a rosette of 5 waves, slide-rest movement and placed across each other.

Fig. 412.