Blanchard lathe

[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}.
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   {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.
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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.]