model of Chinese lathe, scale 1:10

model of Chinese lathe, scale 1:10

The model was made by Mr Jordan after a lathe seen by him in Hankow in 1909. The turner sits on a seat within the framework of the lathe and leans over a bar, which carries the tail centre, towards the headstock. He rotates the work alternately in each sense by means of a cord which passes a few times round the mandrel and is attached at each end to a treadle, one for each foot. A long bar acts as a tool-rest and there is also a rest for the turner's right elbow.