Silversmith's art and ecclesiastical metal work at its home Benziger brothers' factory .. (1894)
Benziger brothers. [from old catalog] · [New York, Benziger brothers · leaf 42
SOLDERING. copper or brass, and starts the lathe. As it swiftly revolves heapplies the tool and gradually bends the yielding metal againstthe chuck until it assumes every line and curve of the form.In this way a solid cup may be, and is, formed without seamof any kind, and yet, as we have before… … i^y^ fe>^>*ss*i*° <m hard wood, and dogwood is chosen as bestsuited. But all wood being more or less porous,the metal is apt, at times, to show a certainroughness where it has sunk into the pores, andfor that reason, as well as for their greaterdurability, iron chucks are sometimes…
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