The pattern maker's handybook : a practical manual on patterns for founders, embracing information on the tools, materials and appliances employed in their construction (1887)
Hasluck, Paul N. (Paul Nooncree), 1854-1931 · London : C. Lockwood · leaf 30
SLEEKERS. 19 drag. The cope is then usually turned over on wooden blocks for repairing and dressing. The pattern has now to be drawn from the sand. This is done with the help of spikes, or … lar substance, if for brass. 3 4- Sleekers. Charcoal, when this is used, is sleeked down with trowels and Sleekers as far as possible, so as to bring it into intimate con- tact with the damp sand. The excess of dust in every case is blown off with bellows. When the top part is closed, it occu- pies…
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