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 30
THE BRASSPOUNDEr's MANXTAL. 16 rectangular rims of iron, with snugs and pins exactly fitted, so that when the one half is placed upon the other there will be no possibility of shifting a hair's- breadth. The cramps are made of wood, sufficiently long to clasp the moulding-boxes lengthwise … Fig. 7. When the boxes are large, several bars are cast across them. "When the boxes are subject to much rough work, the bars are best made of malleable iron, cast in ; where lightness is desirable in large boxes, they should be entirely made of malleable iron. SANDS AND FACING MATERIALS. /Sa/^f/.—…
Brass founders
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