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TURN MOULD [2 records]

Record 1 2017-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
CONT

Dutch foundries... turn up a wax bell over the core(called a false bell). The false bell is then decorated with wax adornments and then invested in moulding material. The wax is burnt out of the mould in a kiln before casting the bell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
CONT

[Les lettrines sont] moulées dans la fausse-cloche, en utilisant la technique de la cire perdue.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de percusión
  • Objetos metálicos labrados y herramientas antiguas
CONT

Para fabricar una campana se empieza por hacer un modelo torneando una materia blanda. Esta campana falsa permite efectuar el molde en el cual se vaciará el bronce [...]

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Record 2 1982-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glassware
  • Glass Manufacturing
OBS

According to a glass specialist at Rainbow Glassworks, slumping is a technique where a plane glass is put over a curved mould which, in turn, is placed in a hot kiln in order for the glass to take the shape of the mould.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets en verre
  • Fabrication du verre
CONT

bombé (...) adj. (...) Convexe. Un verre bombé.

OBS

Le bombage du verre est obtenu en disposant horizontalement des morceaux de verre plan sur des squelettes métalliques de forme appropriée et en réchauffant jusqu'au degré de ramollissement convenable. On le réalise aussi en pressant le verre ramolli entre des pièces de forme.

Spanish

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