In Sauer’s shop there are six lathes, four ornamental and two regular lathes. A lathe is a machine/tool on which a piece of wood, metal or other material is spun and shaped by a fixed cutting or ...

PLAIN turning is carried out in an ordinary lathe by revolving the work and operating on it by tools held in the hand or in a slide-rest. In ornamental turning, an object already subjected to ...

In this woodturning video, I transform an Australian mallee burl into a beer glass. The burl is enhanced with 30-min epoxy resin and mica pigments for added color before being cast with deep pour ...

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The firm specialised in lathes for ornamental turning, something that was a popular leisure occupation for gentlemen at that time. Many ornamental lathes were bought by the aristocracy ...