The silversmith's handbook : containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver, including the different modes of refining and melting the metal; its solders; the preparation of imitation alloys... (1921)
Gee, George E. (George Edward) · London : Crosby Lockwood and Son · leaf 148
the plate is reached,when another plate, corresponding in size, havingsmaller graduated holes, is employed, and the wiredrawn through it; and so on, until the proper sizehas been obtained. The drawing of stout pieces of wire is effectedvery readily by means of the draw-benph (Fig. 24),and the… … Fig. 24. Draw-bench for Wire. means of an apparatus called a drum (Fig. 26),revolving upon a perpendicular pin, the exterior ofwhich receives the wire and prevents it frombecoming entangled. When the end of the wirehas finally passed through the draw-plate, thewhole coil is carefully removed from…
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