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 41
re then withdrawn ; the loam dried and faced ; another and thicker layer of loam is applied and dried; the first picked out ; the air escape- holes, which are required for every mould, being made, the gun is cast, turned, bored, and tested. Thickness or Reverse Moulding, — "When a thin casting is… … Fig. 14.— Thickness or Reverse Moulding, Moulding Screws, — The pattern is screwed into the sand. See Fig. 8. Odd Sides, — This term is given to the practice of taking off two impressions from the one setting of patterns, so that when the patterns are taken out, they can be placed in this third or…
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