Online Catalogue last updated 15th of September 2008
Volume IV: Hand or Simple Turning by John Jacob Holtzapffel
Covers simple lathe, division plate and index, boring collars, the slide rest, the spiral apparatus, lifting blocks and lengthening bearers; chucks and apparatus for fixing the various works in the lathe; the elementary practice of soft wood turning; hardwood and ivory turning; metal turning; and screw cutting. Also example projects of billiard ball, polyhedra, egg cups, candlesticks and much more. First published in 1881, 771 illustrations.
Code No. 008039, 592 pages, ISBN 0486264289, $42.00