Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 793
orced against the upper one by the powerful gearing shown in connec-tion with a knee-joint, and is thrown back by means of coiled springs when the pressure is removed. The Skiving Machine is used for skiving or paring leather down to any desired width of scarf.In Tripps counter-skiver, represented… … same movement. For this purpose a bladeis arranged to strip the stock as the randsare split. Rand-forming Machine.—A rand is one of the slips of leather placed beneath the heel of a soleto bring the rounding surface to a level, ready to receive the lifts or pieces of sole leather with whichthe heel…
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