Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson (1903)
Wilson, H · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 87
he ugly modern shapes—and beat itout with a boxwood mallet into a suitablehollow in the beating-block. When youhave got it nearly into shape, true it upon the rounded stake with a planishinghammer. Then take a piece of ^thsquare wire or a strip of thick plate alittle longer than the handle you… … that as the metal extends it will crack atthe edge, if so file away the crack witha triangular file; this prevents the crackfrom spreading. When you have spreadit out a little more, take a chisel anddivide the wedge into parts as shown inthe diagram (fig. 31). Anneal it well, andbend the cut…
Silverwork · Jewelry
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