The brassfounder's manual : instructions for the modelling, pattern-making, moulding, alloying, turning, filing, burnishing, bronzing, etc., etc. ... (1879)
Graham, Walter · London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. · leaf 21
7 THE BUASSFOUNDER's MANUAL. (save some tliin brass wire for cutting and dividing, such, as is used for cutting soap or cheese) are represented in Fig. 1. They are made of box- wood. … Fig. 1.— Horizontal Lathe and Modelling Tools. They are represented one-fourth size. The handles are 6 inches long; the sharpest edges are slightly nicked ; the others are all more or less blunt. The horizontal lathe or turning- table represented in Fig. 1 will be understood from the woodcut. It is…
Brass founders
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