Workshop Appliances Including Descriptions of the Gauging and Measuring Instruments, the Hand Cutting-tools, Lathes, Drilling, Planing, and Other Machine-tools Used by EngineersLongmans, Green, and Company, 1873 - 312 pages |
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adjustment advantage amount angle applied arrangement attached axis bevil-wheels Birmingham Wire Gauge brought cast cast iron centre chisel chuck circular cross-slide cubic centimetre cutter cutting edge cylinder diameter distance drill-spindle drilling machine driven eccentric enable engraving extent face feed files fixed flat foot-lathe gauge gearing given grinding grindstone groove headstock height hole horizontal inch iron kind lathe leading screw length lever mandril means measuring mechanical metal motion necessary obtained oilstone operation ordinary ornamental turning parallel piece pinion placed planing machine planing tools plate portion position power-lathes pressure produced pulley punch purpose represented in Fig revolve screw self-acting shaft shearing shown in Fig side Sir Joseph Whitworth slide slide-rest slotted speed spindle spur-wheel standard steel straight-edges sufficient surface surface-plate taper taps and dies teeth thickness threads tion tool tool-holder turning upper vertical wheel whilst Whitworth width wood workshop wrought iron
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