Hide-faced Hammers
Hammers provided with faces of hide, suitable for a variety of uses, but especially valuable where light, thin castings are made from iron or brass patterns.
Hinged Flasks are flasks operated by hinges fixed on their sides or ends instead of slides or pins, making it only necessary to elevate one side or end in order to separate the parts. Suitable hinges of a self-adjustable kind, if properly secured in their respective positions, are a positive fit, and never get out of order.
Flasks, paired with hinges, require less space to operate them in, and are valuable in small foundries where it would be impossible to lift large flasks entirely off the joint. Resting in hinges, they may be separated very effectively with half the force required by the common methods. See FLASKS.