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Old German/English lathe chuck with original Manuel (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So from my new to me but old lathe has a cabinet that has a lot of the accessory's. one of which is what i believe to be the original Manuel for the 3 jaw chuck. its written in German and English and i though it was rather neat, feel free to look!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Interesting. The German for "feed," meaning animal feed, is "futter." In this case I guess they figured if it was chuck in English, chuck is feed too, so they went with futter.