Engine Turning, Pole Lathe, Bow Lathe, Holtzapfel Lathe, Rose Engine, Straightline Engine, Geometric Chuck, Security Printing, Cam Machine, Eccentric Chuck, Ellipse Chuck, Rose Chuck, Hartley Chuck, Brocade Engine. Martin Matthews explains the development of the Lathe from Antiquity to the Computer age, from craft decorated wooden items to the finely cut designs as seen under enamel and security printed patterns on stamps and banknotes, produced by the Rose Engine and other Geometric machines, BD Videos, Barbara Darby, BarbaraDarby Videos

ENGINE TURNING
( 45 mins. )

Martin Matthews explains the development of the Lathe from Antiquity to the Computer Age, from craft decorated wooden items to the finely cut designs as seen under enamel and security printed patterns on stamps and banknotes, produced by the Rose Engine and other Geometric machines.

The origins of the Lathe.

Comments received ......
"... Martin has been able to produce a script from his vast knowledge and put it into sections which are informative, exciting and will make sense to viewers ..."

"... Barbara Darby’s masterly skill in capturing the very important aspects of the different individual machines and the variety of equipment used. She has an in-depth understanding of the subject and is therefore able to show the intricacies of these fabulous machines, illuminating hidden cogs and levers with the use of clever camera angles."

Reviews
The Society of Ornamental Turners – Bulletin N0. 115
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MARTIN MATTHEWS

Martin, known internationally, is one of our most important contemporary Horologists. He is the fourth generation of a Clerkenwell London family of watchcase makers whose remarkable skill, patience and expertise turns a sheet of silver into an elegant watchcase before your very eyes!
His gentle manner and sense of humour come through as he explains the progression of engine turning, based on his research and from his own expertise in using antique tools.

Rose Engine
Brocade Engine
Security Printing
Cam Machine
Bow Lathe
Straight Line Engine