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 ...

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