The Encyclopedia of Founding

Twelve hundred entries from the golden age of cast metal — how bells are founded, why brass is not bronze, what a cupola melts and a core withstands — by Simpson Bolland, the trade's great teacher.

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Facets – Fork

Facets

The flat surfaces which bound the angles of crystals. See CRYSTALLIZATION.

Facia

A broad, flat, projecting part of a building, as the bands of an architrave, larmier, etc.

Fats and Fatty Acids

See OILS.

Fettler

A local name for a chipper or cleaner. See DRESSER.

Finishing-loam

See SKINNING-LOAM.

Finishing-rolls

See MALLEABLE IRON; ROLLS.

Flange-smoother

A moulder's tool, curved to fit the flanges of pipes, etc., and smooth the edge. See SLICKER.

Flow-off Gates

See CUT-OFF.

Forge-cinder

See MILL-CINDER.

Fork

See COKE-FORK.

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