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   "Jim Wilkins"  writes:   
      
   > "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m134f1egx2.fsf@void.com...   
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   > Gerry  writes:   
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   >> On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:13:23 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"   
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   > More than one turn of rope on the drum will walk sideways.   
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   I didn't know that.   
   That's why capstans/windlasses have a concave "waisted" shape - so the   
   rope stays central, being unable to "climb" the taper?   
   How does a "traditional" lathe work - a pedal-plank, a string with   
   round-turn around the wooden piece beign turned, an a lath above to be a   
   spring?  The string "walks" back-and-forth "sideways"?   
   Thanks,   
   Rich S   
      
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