Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 649
th fine teeth, used by iron-founders insmoothing off loam moulds for iron castings; this is mostly used on large surfaces, to which the ordinaryhandle would be inapplicable, and the same kind of tool when made with coarser teeth, will be recog-nized as the bakers rasp. Cabinet-makers sometimes fix… … Fig. 1635 represents a very good arrangement of this kind, a a is the plan, and b the section of thefile stock, cc is the plan of the shooting-board, and d its section. Two files (that are represented black)are screwed against the sides of a straight bar of wood, which has also a wooden sole or…
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