"Edgar T. Westbury enjoys a reputation second to none as a writer on model and light engineering practice and design ... In Metal Turning Lathes the author has widened his scope, a more comprehensive range of lathes is covered, and embraces all used in general engineering from the smallest to about 6in. centre height, but excluding watchmaker's lathes at the one extreme and heavy industrial ones at the other ... This latest work therefore embraces the latest practice and covers the evolution of the lathe, details a number of the latest models on the market, and goes on to discuss elements of lathe design." (From dustjacket blurb, 1970 edn.)