Reducing Lathe Pubblico Deposited
- Reducing Lathe. A die-cutting pantograph or transfer lathe for reducing a three-dimension bas-relief design while simultaneously cutting the die. The pantograph has the ability to reduce the design customarily in a ratio from three- to five- to-one, but can reduce up to ten-to-one for most models. See pantograph,
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An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology
For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON
Roger W. Burdette, Editor