A lathe was a mechanical device used by artisans to work various materials.[1]
Usage[]
Wood, metal, and stone could be turned on a lathe using specialized blade bits to cut the material, creating regularly shaped staves, spindles, columns, rods, candlesticks, and other rounded components used for weapons, tools, furniture, and other items.[3][4][1] A power source such as a water mill could be used to operate a lathe, sometimes with a gear to adjust the speed appropriately.[5] Maillers used a lathe that didn't carve the material, but instead coiled wire into loops that were then cut and riveted, ultimately being made into chain mail.[2]
Availability[]
Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue offered a 20 gp lathe that could hold a 2‑foot (61‑centimeter) by 6‑inch (15‑centimeter) piece of stone or wood to be worked. They also offered woodcutting bits (5 gp) and stonecutting bits (15 gp) alongside it.[1]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
- Light lathe
Appearances[]
Gallery[]
External Links[]
Lathe article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Mailler's Lathe article at the Neverwinter Wiki.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 57. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cryptic Studios (June 2013). Neverwinter. Perfect World Entertainment.
- ↑ slade, et al. (April 1996). “Cities & Civilization”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.), p. 56. ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 107. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur (March 1998). “The Heart of the Forge”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #245 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 24, 25.