This is the flyleaf from a 1940s copy of “Audel’s Machinist’s Handy Book”. Machine shop lore says that the lathe is the only tool that can reproduce itself. I think that’s a bit of a stretch though, it would have to be a particularly well outfitted lathe with a milling and grinding attachment.
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It might be better that if possible to express short discription about every points.
Comment by Engr. Ibrahim (Mech.) — July 6, 2009 @ 9:15 pm