Planking Machine
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A short dictionary entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary describing the planking machine, used in hat making to rub, press and steam formed hat-bodies so they gain strength and body. The text explains the arrangement of stacked aprons of lags, steam introduction and the return of the work, with an illustration (Fig. 3304) of a machine for sizing and planking hat-bodies.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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