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Hendey lathe beds were not finished by grinding but by skilled and patient craftsmen using the old and long-trusted method of hand scraping.

The underside of a saddle being scraped to mate perfectly with the bed ways

Long straight edges were used to check the accuracy of the scraping process

An inspector checks to make sure that the inner and outer ways of a lathe bed are in perfect alignment