06-13-2006, 05:05 PM
Interesting forum, and a very interesting thread to read ! One item is not on the list, allow me to introduce to you a recent German reconstruction of a Roman lathe..
This apparatus may have been used to create circular ornamentation on bronze mirrors, cups and vessels. Although a later reconstruction exists that shows a wheel (continuous motion lathing) there exist no indication, nor proof that it was ever attached to a mill.
Source of this picture: aureum's submit on our forum, in turn his source was Römer und Franken in der Pfalz
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This apparatus may have been used to create circular ornamentation on bronze mirrors, cups and vessels. Although a later reconstruction exists that shows a wheel (continuous motion lathing) there exist no indication, nor proof that it was ever attached to a mill.
Source of this picture: aureum's submit on our forum, in turn his source was Römer und Franken in der Pfalz
Lex