Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon.

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Title
Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon.
Author
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691.
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London :: Printed and sold by J. Moxon,
1693-1701.
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Industrial arts -- Early works to 1800.
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"Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51548.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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¶ 2. Of the Moving Coller marked b, in Plate 18.

THis whole Member is called the Moving Coller, though the Coller strictly is only the round Hole at a, into which the Hollow Axis is fitted. It is made of Iron to reach from its top at h (the Button) down to the bottom of the Cheeks of the Lathe, as at b; up∣on which Pin (as on a Center) the whole Moving Coller moves backwards and forwards; its extream Breadth is about three Inches, and its thickness above a quarter of an Inch. Its Neck at c is clasped, but not fixed down to the Fore-side of the Puppet; for this Neck is only gaged in the Shackle marked c, so as the Neck (and consequently the whole Moving Coller) may slide from end to end of the Shackle forwards and backwards. d A small Female Screw, into which through a Hole in the Shackle is fitted a Male Screw to hold the Moving

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Coller and the Shackle togehter, that the Moving Coller may not move when only round Work is Turned in the Coller.

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