blanchard lathe

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

[1913 Webster]

3.The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten. [1913 Webster]

Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.

Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.

Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc.

Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot.

Geometric lathe. See under Geometric

Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool.

Slide lathe, an engine lathe.

Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other. [1913 Webster]

Blanchard lathe \Blan"chard lathe\ [After Thomas Blanchard, American inventor.] (Mach.) A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]