The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . icles by causingthem to revolve while being brought into contact with cutting who contemplate buying a lathe will do well to avoid the cheapimitations of the American pattern, which are made by irresponsiblemakers in foreign countries, and foisted upon an unsuspecting public,and guaranteed true and as good as the American. Thej are usuallynicely finished, but inferior both in material and workmanship, their great-est failure being their untruth. If an untrue American lathe, b
The American watchmaker and jeweler; an encyclopedia for the horologist, jeweler, gold and silversmith .. . icles by causingthem to revolve while being brought into contact with cutting who contemplate buying a lathe will do well to avoid the cheapimitations of the American pattern, which are made by irresponsiblemakers in foreign countries, and foisted upon an unsuspecting public,and guaranteed true and as good as the American. Thej are usuallynicely finished, but inferior both in material and workmanship, their great-est failure being their untruth. If an untrue American lathe, by anypossibility is allowed to escape the inspector and finds its way upon the 211 Lathe. market, the manufacturer is only too glad to exchange it for a perfectarticle, for his reputation is at stake; but who are you going back on inthe event of one of these cheap imitations proring untrue? There areAmerican made lathes upon the market that are as inferior in many-respects as the imitations, and the watchmaker will do well to do with-out a lathe until such time as he can afford to purchase one of known. Fig. 191. reputation. Among the first class American lathes upon the marketmay be mentioned the Webster-Whitcomb, Fig. 191; the Moseley, ; the Hopkins, Fig. 193, and the Rivett, Fig. 194. An excellent lathe for the heavier work of watchmakers and jewelers,such as cannot be performed with satisfaction on the watchmakers lathe,is the No. 4 Barnes, which is shown in Fig. 195.
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