Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . , like buff leather. Leather-chamfer-ing Ma-chine. A machinefor beveling the edges of straps or strips of leather,giving a feather or thinned edge thereto. It is askiving process, and is usually performed on a skiv-inn or *? machine. Leathei-cloth. (Fabric.) A fabric coveredwith a water-proof composition, usually having apolished surface. It generally consists o


Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . , like buff leather. Leather-chamfer-ing Ma-chine. A machinefor beveling the edges of straps or strips of leather,giving a feather or thinned edge thereto. It is askiving process, and is usually performed on a skiv-inn or *? machine. Leathei-cloth. (Fabric.) A fabric coveredwith a water-proof composition, usually having apolished surface. It generally consists of a paint ora varnish, sometimes the former with a covering coatof the latter. The changes in menstruums, resins,pigments, and coarse and cheap materials, whichare added for quantity, are so various that roomcannot be afforded for stating them at length. See EX.\MELED Cloth ; , .\RTIFICLiL. Leather-corru-gating Ma-chine. A ma-chine in which leather is crimped, corrugated, orfluted for certain purposes in manufactures. It is• usually done by passing between a Huted and a plainroller and drying while the indentations are pre-served ; or it may be done by passing the leather Fig. Sole-CuUing Machine. while damp between plates or dies of the requisiteform. Leather-creasing Ma-chine. A machinefor ornamenting the edges of leather straps by between rolleis indented with the required pat-terns in intaglio and cameo. Leather-cutting Ma-chine. A machine forcutting leather into sliajies for shoe-stock or otherpurposes; sole-leather intosoles and lifts, sole-leather is placed on the adjustable table Lbeneath the platen K, and a die which is of theshape of the piece to be cut is placed upon the leath-er. Pressure on the treadle throws the friction-clutch into operation, and the cam-shaft is rotated,depressing the platen upon the die and cutting asole from the leather. Leather-dicing. Another name for leatherdressing or finishing or polishing. Also


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