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    The document discusses different types of rose engine lathes used for ornamental turning, including the geometric slide-rest, rose engine and ornamental turning lathe, and full rose engine lathe. It provides examples of pieces turned on these lathes and details about their operation and historical prices.

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    The document discusses different types of rose engine lathes used for ornamental turning, including the geometric slide-rest, rose engine and ornamental turning lathe, and full rose engine lathe. It provides examples of pieces turned on these lathes and details about their operation and historical prices.

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    The document discusses different types of rose engine lathes used for ornamental turning, including the geometric slide-rest, rose engine and ornamental turning lathe, and full rose engine lathe. It provides examples of pieces turned on these lathes and details about their operation and historical prices.

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    The document discusses different types of rose engine lathes used for ornamental turning, including the geometric slide-rest, rose engine and ornamental turning lathe, and full rose engine lathe. It provides examples of pieces turned on these lathes and details about their operation and historical prices.

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    The Geometric (or sliding) Slide-Rest): another

    way of cutting wavy lines Geometric Slide-rest


    on surfaces under the
    control of a rosette. The
    main slide of the rest has
    a spring in place of the
    usual leadscrew and this
    forces a rubber against a
    template. The template is
    mounted on a spindle
    connected by a gear train
    to the lathe spindle so
    that when the template is
    rotated the slide oscillates
    and the gear train turns the
    lathe spindle. The profile of
    the template is repeated
    several times around the
    work according to the ratio of
    the gear train.

    Here is the Geometric Slide-


    rest in action ornamenting
    one side of a hexagonal box
    held on the Dome Chuck.
    Geometric Slide-rest by Evans
    The Rose Engine and
    Ornamental Turning
    Lathe is a light form of
    Rose Engine, almost
    identical to an Ornamental
    Turning lathe but with a
    rocking headstock which
    carries a single rosette
    carrier mounted on the tail
    of the lathe spindle.

    A Rose Engine and Ornamental


    Turning lathe by John Bower c.1840
    Here are some rose-turned pieces: a ring stand in lignum vitae, a Tazza in Mopane
    and a box in African Blackwood and Pink Ivory wood. All were turned with the
    horizontal cutting frame; the Tazza on Eccentric and Oblique chucks combined and
    the box lid was made from four separate pieces.
    A fixed cutter is sometimes
    used; usually a narrow pointed tool
    to cut quite fine line cuts.
    However, very skilful turners
    sometimes use a broad moulded
    edge cutter but it needs to be
    controlled very carefully and,
    because of the slow speed of
    rotation, it can take only the
    thinnest of cuts and the cutter must
    be extremely sharp. Rose Engines
    are also used in the jewellery trade
    for cutting fine patterns in silver
    and gold using a fixed cutter.
    Trade Rose Engine by G J Fieldhouse 1863

    The full Rose Engine lathe has a massive rocking headstock and a barrel of rosettes
    surrounding the lathe spindle. It has the advantage that its great weight gives it more
    stability than the lighter types; this results in smooth operation which imparts a fine
    finish to the work. There are very few of these magnificent machines, the most
    complete and expensive one ever made was sold by Holtzapffels in 1836 for the
    princely sum of £1850, an amount sufficient at that time to buy a small country estate.
    The one illustrated below was first sold in 1816 for the lesser but still very significant
    sum of £367.10.0.
    One of the few full Rose Engine lathes made by
    Holtzapffel
    Any reader who requires specific information about O T equipment and techniques
    not covered in this section is invited to complete an Enquiry Form.

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