Arch wrote:
Mac, metal lathes were engine driven and termed engine lathes long
before wood
lathes were motorized. The term and the distinction remains to this day.

Ray, the most important thing I _should_ take is humble thanks.


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How did the rose engine lathe get its name? Doesn't appear to be driven
by an engine. Not normally used to cut metal, not designed to cut
threads like metal cutting lathes.
Does have rocking head stock, rosettes, and a touch that rides on the
contour of the rosettes.

Don