There seems to be a growing demand for an accurate and reliable bench lathe that can be bought at a moderate price and at the same time is a complele screw-cutting, engine, bench lathe, suitable for laboratory, electrical, optical and experimental work, tool, model, scientific instrument making, etc. ; in short, for profitable use in all lines of fine, accurate manufacturing and precision service. The "star Special " screw-cutting bench lathe, here illustrated, has been built to supply this demand. The manufacturers claim that much of the work that is now being done on large and expensive tools can more profitably be done on this lathe.

The head-stock has a large, hollow spindle, made from a crucible steel forging, with draw-in chuck for split - collete up to 1/2-inch capacity, phosphor-bronze boxes with improved end-thrust ball-bearings ; the cone pulley has three stops for wide belt, and with strong back gears gives six changes of speed; a push-pin on the head-gear allows the cone to be instantly locked or unlocked without using a wrench. The tail-stock is the curved or cut-under pattern, which allows the compound rest to swing around parallel with the ways and over base of tail-stock, with room to operate feed-screw handle; the spindle has an improved locking device and the tail-stock is provided with side adjusting screws for turning tapers, has a long bearing on the bed, and is locked in such a manner as to render it firm and rigid.

The carriage has long bearing on the ways, is gibbed to bed both front and rear. A cam locking device locks carriages to bed when u6ing cross-feed. The cross-feed screw has a graduated collar which reads in thousandths of an inch and can be set at zero in any position. Plain and compound rests are regularly furnished and easily interchange. The base is graduated 180 degrees and renders the compound rest capable of fine adjustment. The tool-po6t has patented collar and shoe, which exclude all dirt and chips and admit of quick, easy and secure adjustment of the tool. If desired, can furnish the European tool-post in place of the regular American tool-post, without extra charge.

The automatic cross and longitudinal feeds are actuated by a phosphor-bronze worm on the lead-screw, receiving its power from the head spindle through spur gears, the lead-screw is splined and simply acts as a feud rod, therefore the only wear on the threads is in screw-cutting. The automatic feeds are almost indispensable for a large variety of work, as they secure more accurate and smoother surfaces. The range of feeds is very large. The range for screw-cutting is extra large, cutting all standard threads, right or left (including 11 1/2 and 27") from 3 to 64 without compounding the gears and nearly all threads by compounding. When desired to cut both standard and metric threads there can be furnished, for a slight advance in price, transposing gears and index for cut ting International Standard Metric threads from 0.5 mm to 8 mm. The lead-screw is cut from a master screw by a new process from 30 per cent carbon steel, making an accurate, durable and most desirable lead-screw. When desired to cut metric threads only, a metric lead-screw and index is furnished in place of the regular lead-screw and index at same price. Patented sprmg-nuts are used in connection with split washers to hold the change gear6 in place. They are easy and convenient to operate and allow quick shifts of the change gears.

The bed is 46" long, broad, deep, thoroughly well braced and accurately proportioned throughout. The rated swing is 9" but has an actual swing of 10 1/8" over bed, and 24" between centres. The countershaft (patented) has friction clutch pulleys, easy to operate, strong and durable, also has self-alighning and self-oiling shaft bearings. The pulleys and friction bands are provided with self-closing oil cups.

Each lathe is furnished with large and small face plates, center rest, follower rest, two hardened and ground point centers, a full 6et of change gears and wrenches.

Extra attachments are: Taper attachment, milling and gear-cutting attachment, and blocking can be furnished when desired. While these lathes are designed for working metals, with the addition of a hand rest, screw-chuck, cup and spur centres, are suitable for wood turning. The "Star Special" lathe is made by the Sen-aca Falls Manufacturing Co., 103 Water Street, Senaca Falls, N. Y., U. S. A., makers of the well known line of foot and power "Star" lathes. They will be pleased to 6end full description on request.

The 1904 catalogue of the S. W. Card Mfg. Co., Mansfield, Mass. presents in attractive form the various lines of taps and dies manufactured by this well known company. Those needing anything in this line should send for this catalogue.

Catalogue No. 11 of the H. H. Mayhew Co. Shel-burne Falls, Mass. shows a full line of screw drivers, bit braces, glass cutters, drills gimlet bits, counter-sinks, nail sets, etc. Teachers of wood-working in manual training schools will find in it much of interest.