. The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods. these cutting mills with a largecollection of these long frames set up in it. From this description it will be seen that no con-siderable movement of wrist or hand can be permittedor the guide will jump out of the race, and will cause adefect in the piece. To produce a good pile carefulsupervision of the work is necessary, and the weavingof the cloth must have been so perfect that weavingimperfections hardly exist. Obviously a small obstruc-tion in the race will def
. The velvet and corduroy industry; a brief account of the various processes connected with the manufacture of cotton pile goods. these cutting mills with a largecollection of these long frames set up in it. From this description it will be seen that no con-siderable movement of wrist or hand can be permittedor the guide will jump out of the race, and will cause adefect in the piece. To produce a good pile carefulsupervision of the work is necessary, and the weavingof the cloth must have been so perfect that weavingimperfections hardly exist. Obviously a small obstruc-tion in the race will deflect the knife and cause itto pass through the back of the cloth, making a the better classes of velvet there is great immunityfrom imperfections, but it is difficult to avoid little* kinks or neps in the yarn, cotton seeds or otherimpurities which may unwittingly be drawn into thecloth at weaving. All of these have to be carefullywatched for, and if any number exist, have to be markedbefore cutting is continued. Ending and Mending. Subsequently, damages result-ing from such defects, or from inexpert work, are made. 48 VELVET AND CORDUROY INDUSTRY good in the processes of ending and mending, in whichthe piece is carefully examined for cutting holes, damages,etc., and if there are any, they are made good by theinsertion of tufts of pile to replace the damages. The joining up of the races at the end of each length,called respectively settings-in and goings-out,*calls for much care. In this direction considerableimprovement has been made since cutting has passedout of the domestic industry stage into one of betterorganization. Formerly, the work was done on shortframes of two yards, now discarded, and obviously theproportion of the settings-in * and the joining-upof the two lots of races was very much larger when cuton these short frames than it is to-day when long framesare used. The picture of the old fustian cutter, shownin Fig. 7, will show the now defunct domestic sid
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