This section is from the book "Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual For Handicraftsmen And Amateurs", by Edward Spon. Also available from Amazon: Spons' Mechanics' Own Book.
Some of the tools incidental to soldering are illustrated above. Fig. 162 is a hornbeam dresser for flattening metal; Figs. 163, 164, bossing mallets; Figs. 165
1GG, copper bits; Figs. 167 to 170, soldering and bossing irons; Fig. 171, a ladle; Fig. 172, a shave-hook; Fig. 173, a boxwood chase wedge; Fig. 174, a boxwood turnpin.






 
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