The silversmith's handbook : containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver, including the different modes of refining and melting the metal; its solders; the preparation of imitation . rcularforms have to be raised or flanged by the employ-ment of the hammer, as in the case of a raised orflanged brooch bezil, the modus operandi is asfollows:—Take a piece of metal of the exact sizeand shape, turn the two ends together from thelongitudinal direction, and unite them by solder-ing ; when this is done, the circular band of metalis taken and flanged by means of the ha
The silversmith's handbook : containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver, including the different modes of refining and melting the metal; its solders; the preparation of imitation . rcularforms have to be raised or flanged by the employ-ment of the hammer, as in the case of a raised orflanged brooch bezil, the modus operandi is asfollows:—Take a piece of metal of the exact sizeand shape, turn the two ends together from thelongitudinal direction, and unite them by solder-ing ; when this is done, the circular band of metalis taken and flanged by means of the hammer anda miniature anvil, placed upon a stout piece of woodwhich the workman renders secure by placing be-tween his knees, the pressure of which retains itsteadily in its place during the various manipula-tions performed upon it; this kind of tool is termeda sparrow-hawk — a re-presentation of it is givenin Fig. 31. The work iseffected by a series of blowsdealt with the hammer inregular concentric circles,the bezil all the time gra-dually working round thepointed end of the sparrow- «f- 3*- It requires great skill and practice to pro-duce the proper shape, and to keep all parts of th^. 120 ON THE WORKING OF SILVER. metal of equal thickness. The bezils may beproduced in this manner round or oval, as wellas other complex shapes; the hammering takingplace according to the shape required. Whenraised or ornamental brooch bezils, such as concaveor convex patterns, are to be made, the meansadopted in their execution are somewhat morecomplicated than the mode of flanging above al-luded to. A tool called a swage is employed,which partakes of many forms, the pattern or orna-mental device which the metal is required to takebeing the shape of the swage, or otherwise cutupon it. The metal is easily raised to take theproper design, by a very careful application of thehammering process. Sometimes in silver-working the form of theobject to be manufactured is of such a
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