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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Trestle

A beam connected to three or four legs which spread out at the bottom to impart greater stability. Trestles are made of various sizes and shapes for supporting moulds, flasks, etc., and are commonly termed horses when used for this purpose. The forms of trestles, in both wood and iron, vary according to the use for which they are intended. See CORE-LATHE.

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