cutter-shaping

Updated: May 13, 2025

Indeed much of the work now executed by means of special tools, such as the planing or slotting machine, was then done in the lathe, which was used as a cutter-shaping machine, fitted with various appliances according to the work. Maudslay's love of accuracy also led him from an early period to study the subject of improved screw-cutting.

Samuel Smiles - Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers