Carriage
An iron vehicle to run on tracks, which ought to be laid convenient to one or more of the foundry cranes, and from thence inside the oven or stove. In planning carriages for this purpose strict attention should be given to local requirements, not to any particular one that may have been seen or heard of elsewhere. For example: Would it be best to make a perfectly flat table? and, if so, how high, and how large in area? Or, should it be provided with fixed or adjustable racks? If so, how high and in which direction, to be most convenient for passing the cores? Again, would it be of service to attach taper-sockets for loam-work spindles, with the view of building on the carriage direct? Finally, is it possible to so combine these or other qualities as to make it the best and most convenient carriage possible for either special or general purposes? See OVEN; SPINDLE.