The Amateur Mechanic's Workshop: a Treatise Containing Plain and Concise Directions for the Manipulation of Wood and Metals: Including Casting, Forging Brazing, Soldering, and Carpentry |
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... seen such work as would shame many a professional , executed by men whose birth and education , mind , body , and estate , entirely precluded the necessity of applying their right hand to the workman's hammer . And " Old File " set ...
... seen such work as would shame many a professional , executed by men whose birth and education , mind , body , and estate , entirely precluded the necessity of applying their right hand to the workman's hammer . And " Old File " set ...
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... seen in the varied and exquisite specimens of such work produced at Birmingham and elsewhere . In addition to the above precaution the patterns should always if possible taper slightly , to facilitate removal from the sand . Fig . 12 ...
... seen in the varied and exquisite specimens of such work produced at Birmingham and elsewhere . In addition to the above precaution the patterns should always if possible taper slightly , to facilitate removal from the sand . Fig . 12 ...
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... seen at any forge , and need not be described here . The tools required by the amateur may be well reduced to a very few . Discarding the heavy sledge as requiring an assistant let him purchase two striking hammers , or hand hammers ...
... seen at any forge , and need not be described here . The tools required by the amateur may be well reduced to a very few . Discarding the heavy sledge as requiring an assistant let him purchase two striking hammers , or hand hammers ...
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... seen to be sharp at the edge and well finished . The dies will not generally be quite close when this is the case . Fig . 60 is an illustration of the stock of Whitworth and Co. , with three dies , as figured and described in ...
... seen to be sharp at the edge and well finished . The dies will not generally be quite close when this is the case . Fig . 60 is an illustration of the stock of Whitworth and Co. , with three dies , as figured and described in ...
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... seen in section D. Three flutes appear best suited to the end in view , which is the production of cutting edges ; and these flutes are not always made as radial grooves , but in such a manner as to cut more keenly on one side , the ...
... seen in section D. Three flutes appear best suited to the end in view , which is the production of cutting edges ; and these flutes are not always made as radial grooves , but in such a manner as to cut more keenly on one side , the ...
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