An ornamental turning lathe

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An ornamental turning lathe
by Holtzapffel & Deyerlein, No. 1232, with single mahogany frame, wood bed, treadle gear, traversing mandrel headstock, dividing pulley (8 rows of holes), iron and brass tailstock, lacquered brass early-pattern overhead, boring collar and six drawers -- 5in. centre height, 44½in.(113cm.)wide overall; an ellipse chuck with cam ring, eccentric chuck, dome chuck, sixteen other chucks, various collets and spindles, three drill chucks with spindles, six screw hobs, early pattern slide rest with bevel-gear universal cutting frame slide, drill-spindle slide, tool-holder, eccentric cutting frame, horizontal cutting frame, two vertical cutting frames, hand rest, keys and spanner; a slope-topped cabinet containing 67 slide-rest tools and various adaptors, in till and drawer; a flat-topped case containing 142 drills, 19 right-angle e.c.f. cutters in drawer and 113 cutters in bottom drawer (lid defective); twenty further drills in wood block; four dee-bit/tap handles; and an electric motor

Lot Essay

Formerly in the possession of N.B. Engleheart, author of A Concise treatise on Eccentric Turning, by 'an Amateur' (1852). It was supplied to him on February 2nd 1822, at a cost of (110 (the same price as the very different No. 489, Lot 50).

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