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Title: Self serving rubbish
Review: Anyone attempting to build a metal lathe from the information in this book would have to be a masochist. Why all the casting? A section of H beam for a bed with a flat of cold rolled steel for the shear is simpler and more rigid. Why all the messing around with calipers and feeler gauges? Yes, one can learn a lot about primitive technologies and "lost" arts; but it is difficult to build a proper lathe by any means. Why make it any harder.There are much better plans for owner built lathes found in old engineering and industrial arts magazines etc. Do your homework and search these out. Use generous doses of common sense. Do you really need power feed? Do you really need thread cutting capability? Keep it simple.
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