Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 708
to be executed. The tool i forms a pair of shears to finish the work to a proper length, bjmoving the handle k, which acting on an eccentric, raises the lower tool to meet the upper one. Thisarrangement is necessary, as, from the rapid motion of the tools, which make 600 to 700 blows per min-ute,… … means of the screws n r, the table s s, carrying the rests, can also be moved along the frame to facili-tate the adjustment. In using the machine, the swages are adjusted so that by placing the rod of ironsuccessively between them, it is drawn down to the size required, whilst the length of each…
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