This interpretation would lead Americans to treat " capstan " as a synonym of " turret " and " capstan lathe " as a synonym of " turret lathe ".
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A critical factor in making interchangeable metal parts was the invention of several machine tools, such as the slide rest lathe, screw cutting lathe, turret lathe, milling machine and metal planer.
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James Hartness, president of competitor Jones & Lamson Machine Company, a contemporary of Worcester Reed Warner and Ambrose Swasey who shared their avocations of developing better telescopes and better turret lathes.
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During 1946, the company was located at 105 South Townsend Street and they were hiring machine workers to operate their Brown and Turret Lathes, Bar and Chuck, Engine Lathes, Sharpe millers and Cincinnati millers.
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The 1921 edition of the ASME mechanical catalog and directory showed that J & L offered several models of Hartness flat turret lathe, an automatic chucking lathe, an automatic die, a screw-thread comparator, and the Fay automatic lathe.
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A turret lathe has traditionally been one step above an engine lathe, needing greater set-up time but being able to produce a higher volume of product and usually requiring a lower-skilled operator once the set-up process is complete.
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A prime example of this theme was the development of the turret lathe, whose turret indexes tool positions, one after another, to allow successive tools to move into place, take precisely placed cuts, then make way for the next tool.
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Also a successful inventor, Potter was granted several patents, including a Stripping Mechanism for Carding-Machines ( filed 27 Feb 1885 ), the Turret Lathe ( filed 27 March 1905 ) and the Automatic Turret Lathe ( filed 11 Mar 1919 ).
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Also a successful inventor, Potter was granted several patents, including a Stripping Mechanism for Carding-Machines ( filed 27 Feb 1885 ), the Turret Lathe ( filed 27 March 1905 ) and the Automatic Turret Lathe ( filed 11 Mar 1919 ).
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It is achieved by drill jigs, the turrets on manual turret lathes, indexing heads for manual milling machines, rotary tables, and various indexing fixtures and blocks that are simpler and less expensive than indexing heads, and serve quite well for most indexing needs in small shops.
