Jammer Wrote:
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> Except mechanically there is a big difference
> between a lathe & a drill...
>
> Lathes use changeable insert tools, & is a
> tool that rotates the work piece on its axis to
> perform various operations.
> Most/all lathes have a bed, almost always a
> horizontal beam...

Petrie:

"...the lathe appears to have been as familiar an instrument in the fourth dynasty, as it is in the modern workshops."

What are the specifications of a 4th dynasty lathe capable of the work Petrie describes?