A ROSE ENGINE LATHE BY HOLTZAPFFEL AND DEYERLEIN, COCKSPUR ST, LONDON, ON DOUBLE MAHOGANY FRAME WITH CAST IRON STRUTS AT REAR, MAHOGANY BED, SHELF AND BACKBOARD, FLYWHEEL, CRANKSHAFT AND TREADLE GEAR, HAND MOTION, HEADSTOCK ON TRUNNIONS BELOW BED LEVEL, MANDREL IN SPLIT BLOCK-TIN BEARINGS WITH BARREL OF TWENTY-ONE ROSETTES, GRADUATED SEGMENT RING, WORM-OPERATED TANGENT WHEEL AND CLICK PLATE, LARGE WOOD PULLEY WITH BRASS DIVISION PLATE AND INDEX PIN, SCREW BARREL TAILSTOCK, BORING COLLAR AND STAND (ADAPTED FROM 5-INCH CENTRE HEIGHT), GUIDE FOR SLENDER TURNING, UNUSUAL SLIDE REST WITH EXTRA SLIDE, ANGULAR FACILITY WITH SLIDE FOR ENGINE-TURNING METAL AND ORDINARY O/T TOOL RECEPTACLE FOR 9/16IN. TOOL SHANKS, PLAIN OVAL CHUCK AND CAM RING, ECCENTRIC CHUCK, EXTRA SMALL SCRATCH-BUILT ECCENTRIC CHUCK, LARGE BRASS-BODIED SKELETON FOUR-JAW CHUCK, LARGE IRON TWO-JAW UNIVERSAL CHUCK, THREE-JAW S/C CHUCK, HAND REST BASE AND ONE TEE, A QUANTITY OF WORK HOLDING CHUCKS IN WOOD AND METAL, LARGE SLOPE-TOP MAHOGANY CHEST FITTED FOR 192 TOOLS CONTAINING 142 CUTTERS, SEVENTEEN RUBBERS IN STEEL AND IVORY, VARIOUS TOOL PACKINGS AND OTHER ITEMS, PARTS OF A SCRATCH-BUILT INCOMPLETE SCREW CHASING APPARATUS, A SPIRAL APPARATUS PROBABLY BY HOLTZAPFFEL (ADAPTED TO THIS MACHINE), AND A BOX OF KEYS AND WRENCHES - 50IN. (127CM.) CENTRE HEIGHT. MANDREL ROSE .917IN. X 9.45 T.P.ISEE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION

A ROSE ENGINE LATHE BY HOLTZAPFFEL AND DEYERLEIN, COCKSPUR ST, LONDON, ON DOUBLE MAHOGANY FRAME WITH CAST IRON STRUTS AT REAR, MAHOGANY BED, SHELF AND BACKBOARD, FLYWHEEL, CRANKSHAFT AND TREADLE GEAR, HAND MOTION, HEADSTOCK ON TRUNNIONS BELOW BED LEVEL, MANDREL IN SPLIT BLOCK-TIN BEARINGS WITH BARREL OF TWENTY-ONE ROSETTES, GRADUATED SEGMENT RING, WORM-OPERATED TANGENT WHEEL AND CLICK PLATE, LARGE WOOD PULLEY WITH BRASS DIVISION PLATE AND INDEX PIN, SCREW BARREL TAILSTOCK, BORING COLLAR AND STAND (ADAPTED FROM 5-INCH CENTRE HEIGHT), GUIDE FOR SLENDER TURNING, UNUSUAL SLIDE REST WITH EXTRA SLIDE, ANGULAR FACILITY WITH SLIDE FOR ENGINE-TURNING METAL AND ORDINARY O/T TOOL RECEPTACLE FOR 9/16IN. TOOL SHANKS, PLAIN OVAL CHUCK AND CAM RING, ECCENTRIC CHUCK, EXTRA SMALL SCRATCH-BUILT ECCENTRIC CHUCK, LARGE BRASS-BODIED SKELETON FOUR-JAW CHUCK, LARGE IRON TWO-JAW UNIVERSAL CHUCK, THREE-JAW S/C CHUCK, HAND REST BASE AND ONE TEE, A QUANTITY OF WORK HOLDING CHUCKS IN WOOD AND METAL, LARGE SLOPE-TOP MAHOGANY CHEST FITTED FOR 192 TOOLS CONTAINING 142 CUTTERS, SEVENTEEN RUBBERS IN STEEL AND IVORY, VARIOUS TOOL PACKINGS AND OTHER ITEMS, PARTS OF A SCRATCH-BUILT INCOMPLETE SCREW CHASING APPARATUS, A SPIRAL APPARATUS PROBABLY BY HOLTZAPFFEL (ADAPTED TO THIS MACHINE), AND A BOX OF KEYS AND WRENCHES - 50IN. (127CM.) CENTRE HEIGHT. MANDREL ROSE .917IN. X 9.45 T.P.I SEE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION

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A ROSE ENGINE LATHE BY HOLTZAPFFEL AND DEYERLEIN, COCKSPUR ST, LONDON, ON DOUBLE MAHOGANY FRAME WITH CAST IRON STRUTS AT REAR, MAHOGANY BED, SHELF AND BACKBOARD, FLYWHEEL, CRANKSHAFT AND TREADLE GEAR, HAND MOTION, HEADSTOCK ON TRUNNIONS BELOW BED LEVEL, MANDREL IN SPLIT BLOCK-TIN BEARINGS WITH BARREL OF TWENTY-ONE ROSETTES, GRADUATED SEGMENT RING, WORM-OPERATED TANGENT WHEEL AND CLICK PLATE, LARGE WOOD PULLEY WITH BRASS DIVISION PLATE AND INDEX PIN, SCREW BARREL TAILSTOCK, BORING COLLAR AND STAND (ADAPTED FROM 5-INCH CENTRE HEIGHT), GUIDE FOR SLENDER TURNING, UNUSUAL SLIDE REST WITH EXTRA SLIDE, ANGULAR FACILITY WITH SLIDE FOR ENGINE-TURNING METAL AND ORDINARY O/T TOOL RECEPTACLE FOR 9/16IN. TOOL SHANKS, PLAIN OVAL CHUCK AND CAM RING, ECCENTRIC CHUCK, EXTRA SMALL SCRATCH-BUILT ECCENTRIC CHUCK, LARGE BRASS-BODIED SKELETON FOUR-JAW CHUCK, LARGE IRON TWO-JAW UNIVERSAL CHUCK, THREE-JAW S/C CHUCK, HAND REST BASE AND ONE TEE, A QUANTITY OF WORK HOLDING CHUCKS IN WOOD AND METAL, LARGE SLOPE-TOP MAHOGANY CHEST FITTED FOR 192 TOOLS CONTAINING 142 CUTTERS, SEVENTEEN RUBBERS IN STEEL AND IVORY, VARIOUS TOOL PACKINGS AND OTHER ITEMS, PARTS OF A SCRATCH-BUILT INCOMPLETE SCREW CHASING APPARATUS, A SPIRAL APPARATUS PROBABLY BY HOLTZAPFFEL (ADAPTED TO THIS MACHINE), AND A BOX OF KEYS AND WRENCHES - 50IN. (127CM.) CENTRE HEIGHT. MANDREL ROSE .917IN. X 9.45 T.P.I

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THIS LATHE WAS IDENTIFIED AS NO.1110 IN THE PEDIGREE OF HOLTZAPFFEL LATHES PUBLISHED BY THE FORMER MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL TURNING IN U.S.A (P.157), FROM THE PRESENCE AMONG ITS ACCOMPANYING EQUIPMENT OF THE COMPOUND OVAL/DOUBLE ECCENTRIC CHUCK SO NUMBERED (SEE LOT ...). HOWEVER, THIS CHUCK DOES NOT FIT, AND NEVER HAS FITTED, THIS LATHE. NOR DOES THIS LATHE CONFORM TO THE DESIGN OF THE SERIES IN WHICH NO.1110 FALLS. THE ONLY LATHE IN THE REGISTER WHICH SEEMS TO SUIT THIS LATHE IS NO.400, WHICH WAS SOLD IN 1804, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PARTNERSHIP, BEFORE THE MOVE TO COCKSPUR ST. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO PAGE 85 OF THE REGISTER, IT WAS RESOLD BETWEEN 1809 AND 1812, WHEN THE ADDRESS COULD HAVE BEEN ADDED (IN CONFIRMATION OF WHICH THE ADDRESS IS INSCRIBED SLIGHTLY OFF-CENTRE). THE LATHE COULD, ALTERNATIVELY, BE ONE OF THOSE IN THE REGISTER FOR WHICH NO DETAILS ARE ENTERED AGAINST THE NUMBER.
THE EXTRA SLIDE ON THE SLIDE REST, ALSO ADAPTED FROM 5-INCH CENTRE HEIGHT, IS PROBABLY INTENDED TO WORK AS A 'GEOMETRIC' SLIDE. THE ENGINE-TURNING SLIDE IS OF THE GUIDE TYPE (V. MATTHEWS: ENGINE TURNING 1650-1980 OR G. DANIELS: WATCHMAKING, CHAPTER 13)
THE INITIALS ELG WHICH APPEAR ON THE LATHE ARE THOSE OF E.L. GRUNING, WHO ACQUIRED IT IN 1927.

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