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1900 Article-W. F. & John Barnes Co., Foot-Powered Lathe |
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English & American Lathes, 1900 pg 104 |
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12/16/2012 7:34:01 PM |
Fig. 200 illustrates the Barnes' lathe fitted with velocipede motion. The bed is solid, and vee'd; the centres range in different sizes from 3½ in. to 6½ in The headstock spindle is hollow; the foot stock has the set-over movement. It is a screw-cutting lathe, but is equally suitable for wood-turning; and though a foot-lathe, the countershaft shown below is supplied if desired. A compound rest also can be fitted. In the larger lathes there is a twin-screw arrangement by which a change of feed is made in the carriage instead of at the headstock. These lathes have been long favourably known in England, being at once light, easy running, rigid, and excellently fitted.
In some American lathes the tripod which supports the seat of the velocipede-lathe has been made to slide along the front stretcher-bar which connects the standards, so that there is no bother with re-setting the seat into the best position every time it is moved.
The idea in using the seat in American treadle-lathes is that the workman will be less fatigued than when standing. This would be a consideration in the case of an amateur who had been on his feet all day. One advantage which has been claimed for the seat is the fact that a man crippled in one leg can operate the lathe. |
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1900 W. F. & John Barnes Co., Foot-Powered Lathe
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