Lathe
Wood, metal, and stone could be turned on a lathe using specialized blade bits to cut the material, creating regularly shaped staves , spindles, columns, rods, candlesticks , and other rounded components used for weapons, tools, furniture, and other items. A power source such as a water mill could be used to operate a lathe, sometimes with a gear to adjust the speed appropriately. Maillers used a lathe that didn't carve the material, but instead coiled wire into loops that were then cut and riveted , ultimately being made into chain mail .
Wood, metal, and stone could be turned on a lathe using specialized blade bits to cut the material, creating regularly shaped staves , spindles, columns, rods, candlesticks , and other rounded components used for weapons, tools, furniture, and other items. A power source such as a water mill could be used to operate a lathe, sometimes with a gear to adjust the speed appropriately. Maillers used a lathe that didn't carve the material, but instead coiled wire into loops that were then cut and riveted , ultimately being made into chain mail .
