The Blanchard lathe, invented by Thomas Blanchard in 1818, revolutionized firearm manufacturing by enabling the mass production of millions of identical wooden gun stocks. This copying lathe works by using a master stock to guide a cutting wheel, replicating the shape onto a blank. Its adoption by Springfield Armory highlights its critical role in industrializing firearm production.
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