'Blanchard lathe' definitions:

Definition of 'Blanchard lathe'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Blanchard lathe'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.]