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Silversmith's art and ecclesiastical metal work at its home Benziger brothers' factory .. (1894)

Benziger brothers. [from old catalog] · [New York, Benziger brothers · leaf 43

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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… … ^^jfii^ The man we see at the other latheis TURNING. His work is of such amultifarious character that a volume mightf{ be devoted to it. He has to make all kinds of plain, spherical, and ornamental turning, which necessitateI a complication of lathes and tools. In the turners handthe tool must…

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