Wheel Cutting

In course of time various modifications of the machine were introduced -- such as the planing machine, the wheel-cutting machine, and other beautiful tools on the slide-rest principle, -- the result of which has been that extraordinary development of mechanical production and power which is so characteristic a feature of the age we live in. ❋ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 (1863)

Improvements followed in the slide-lathe (giving a large range of speed with increased diameters for the same size of headstocks, &c.), in the wheel-cutting engine, in the scale-beam (by which, with a load of 2 oz. on each end, the fifteen-hundredth part of a grain could be indicated), in the broaching-machine, the slotting-machine, and other engines. ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)

Thought to be the most comprehensive private collection of its type, The Crom collection was built over a fifty year time span and features wheel-cutting engines, ornamental turning lathes, mandrels, turns, and watch and clock making tools. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Improvements followed in the slide-lathe (giving a large range of speed with increased diameters for the same size of headstocks, in the wheel-cutting engine, in the scale-beam (by which, with a load of 2 oz. on each end, the fifteen-hundredth part of a grain could be indicated), in the broaching-machine, the slotting-machine, and other engines. ❋ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 (1863)