Gigging Machine
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A dictionary entry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary describing the gigging machine, used to nap woolen cloth with teasel heads. It explains how teasel hooks raise loose fibers, why teasels work better than wire cards, and how the cloth and cylinder move. Two illustrations (Figs. 2211 and 2212) show the cylinder, rollers and cloth path.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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