Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2) : $b The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printingMoxon, Joseph
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Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2) : $b The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printing
Moxon, Joseph
Printing -- Early works to 1800
Parallel to the outer-sides of the hind part of the Planck of the
_Carriage_, at three Inches distance from either side, is Nailed down
on the upper-side of the Planck two Female-Duftail Grooves, into which
is fitted (so as they may slide) two Male-Duftails made on the two Feet
of the _Gallows_ (as at _d d_) that the _Tinpan_ rests upon; and by the
sliding forward or backward of these Duftail Feet, the heighth of the
_Tinpan_ is raised or depressed according to the Reason or Fancy of the
_Press-man_.
At three Inches from the hinder Rail of the _Coffin_, in the middle,
between both sides of the Planck, is cut an Hole four Inches square (as
at _e e_) and upon the hither and farther side of this Hole is fastned
down on each side a _Stud_ made of Wood (as at _f f_) and in the middle
of these two _Studs_ is made a round Hole about half an Inch over, to
receive the two round ends of an Iron Pin; which Iron Pin, though its
ends be round, is through the middle of the Shank square, and upon that
square is fitted a round _Wooden-Rowler_ or _Barrel_, with a Shoulder
on either side it, to contain so much of the _Girt_ as shall be rowled
upon it; And to one end of the _Rowler_ is fastned an Iron _Circle_ or
_Wheel_, having on its edge _Teeth_ cut to stop against a _Clicker_,
when the _Rowler_ with an Iron Pin is turned about to strain the _Girt_.
¶. 10. _Of the_ Tympan _and_ Inner-Tympan, _marked_ b _in_ Plate 7.
The _Tympan_ is a square Frame, three sides whereof are Wood, and the
fourth Iron. Its width is one Foot eight Inches, its length two Foot
two Inches; the breadth of the wooden Sides an Inch and an half, and
the depth one Inch.
On its short Wooden-side, _viz._ its Hind-end, at the two Corners is
Rivetted an Iron _Match-Joynt_, to be pinned on to another _Half-joynt_
fastned on the _Hind-Rail_ of the _Coffin_.
The other end, _viz._ the Fore-end of the _Tympan_ is made of Iron,
with a square _Socket_ at either end for the Wooden ends of the
_Tympan_ to fit and fasten into. This Iron is somewhat thinner and
narrower than an ordinary Window-Casement.
Upon the outer edge of this Iron, about an Inch and an half off the
ends of it, is made two Iron _Half-joynts_ to contain a Pin of about
a quarter of an Inch over, which Pin entring this _half-joynt_, and a
_match Half-joynt_ made upon the _Frisket_, serves for the _Frisket_ to
move truly upon.
In the middle of each long _Rail_ of the _Tympan_, is made through the
top and bottom an Hole half an Inch square, for the square Shanks of
the _Point-Screws_ to fit into.
The like Holes are also made in the _Tympan_, at one third part of
its length from the Fore-end or _Frisket-joynt_, to place the _Point
Screws_ in; when a _Twelves_, _Eighteens_, &c. is wrought.
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