Lathe

The spindle usually moves in the z axis.

She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

The pool is also featured briefly at the end of the 1979 TV adaptation of The Lathe of Heaven .

And I was building this Stirling engine over on the lathe, and all the biker guys motorcycle guys came over and said, You're building a bong, aren't you?

And this is actually the place where the Great Mother sent the spindle into the world that elevated the mountains and created the homeland that they call the heart of the world.