Lathe

A lathe was a mechanical device used by artisans to work various materials.
==Usage==
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.
==Availability==
Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue offered a 20 gp lathe that could hold a by piece of stone or wood to be worked. They also offered woodcutting bits (5 gp) and stonecutting bits (15 gp) alongside it.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Light lathe
===Appearances===
===Gallery===
Maillers Lathe.png|A mailler's lathe.
Masterwork Maillers Lathe.png|A top-quality mailler's lathe.
===External Links===
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===References===
Category:Items
Category:Tools
Category:Mechanical devices
Category:Metalworking tools
Category:Stoneworking tools
Category:Woodworking tools
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Toril
Category:Items from Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue
Category:0-24 gold pieces