The Watchmaker's Lathe: Its Use and Abuse

272 pages. "A study of the lathe in its various forms, past and present, its construction and proper uses. For the student and apprentice." Chapters include a brief history, construction of a watchmaker's lathe, the construction and use of the split chuck (collets), face plates and large chucks, cement chucks and cementing work into position, hand rests and slide rests, various forms of tailstocks and their uses, cutters and drills and how to make them, turning with graver and slide rest, grinding and polishing, snailing and damascening, multiple edged tools for continuous cutting, wheel cutting attachments for the watchmakers, turning and pivoting long thin work with the steady rest, idler pulleys and belts, counter shafts and foot wheels, development of the watchmaker's bench, and interesting advertising.