Mechanick exercises: or the doctrine of handy-works. Applied to the arts of smithing joinery carpentry turning bricklayery. To which is added Mechanick dyalling: ... The third edition. By Joseph Moxon, ...

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Mechanick exercises: or the doctrine of handy-works. Applied to the arts of smithing joinery carpentry turning bricklayery. To which is added Mechanick dyalling: ... The third edition. By Joseph Moxon, ...

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Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691.

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London :: printed for Dan. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh,

1703.

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Contents

• title page
• PREFACE.
• ERRATA.
• BOOKS Printed for D. Midwinter T. Leigh, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard.
• illustration
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • Definition.
  • Of setting up a Smith's Forge.
  • Of the Anvil.
  • Of the Tongs.
  • Of the Hammer, and the Sledge.
  • Of the Vice.
  • Of the Hand-Vice.
  • Of the Plyers.
  • Of the Drill, and Drill-Bow.
  • Of the Screw-Plate, and its Taps.
  • Of Forging in general.
  • Of the several Heats Smiths take of their Iron.
  • Of Brazing and Soldering.
  • Of several Sorts of Iron, and their proper Uses.
  • Of Filing in General.
  • Of the making of Hinges, Locks, Keys, Screws, and Nuts, Small and Great.
    • Of Hinges.
    • Of Locks and Keys.
    • The manner of Rivetting.
    • The making of Screws and Nuts.
    • The Rules and manner of Cutting Worms upon great Screws.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES; OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works
  • Of Jacks.
  • Of the Square and its Vse.
  • The manner of making Molds to Cast Leaden-Bullets in.
  • Of Twisting of the Iron.
  • Of Case-hardning.
  • Of several sorts of Steel in common use among Smiths.
  • The Rule to know good Steel by.
  • Of Nealing of Steel.
  • Of Hardning and Tempering Steel.
• illustration
• MECHANICK EXERCISES; OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works
  • Definition.
  • Explanation.
  • § 1. The Names of Joyners Tools describ'd, in Plate IV.
  • §. 2. BBBBBBB Plains of several Sorts: as,
  • §. 3 Of setting the Iron.
  • §. 4. Of the Joynter. B. 2.
  • §. 5. The Use of the Strike-block.
  • §. 6. The Use of the Smoothing-Plane.
  • §. 7. The Use of the Rabbet-Plane.
  • §. 8. The Use of the Plow.
  • §. 10. Of Grinding and Whetting the Iron, and other Edge-Tools.
  • §. 10. Of Chissels of several Sorts. And first of Formers.
  • §. 11. Of the Paring-Chissel.
  • §. 12. Of the Skew-Former.
  • §. 13. Of the Mortess-Chissel.
  • §. 14. Of the Gouge.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES; OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works
  • §. 15: Of the Square, and its Vse.
  • §. 16. The manner of Plaining and Trying a piece of Stuff-square.
  • §. 17. To Frame two Quarters Square into one another.
  • §. 18. Of the Miter Square. And its Use.
  • §. 19. Of the Bevil.
  • §. 20. Of the Miter-Box.
  • §. 21. Of the Gage.
  • §. 22. Of the Piercer.
  • §. 23. Of the Gimblet.
  • §. 24. Of the Augre.
  • §. 25. Of the Hatchet.
  • §. 26. The Use of the Saw in general.
  • §. 27. The Use of the Pit-Saw, marked M, in Plate 4.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES; OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works
  • §. 28. The Use of the Whip-Saw, marked N in Plate 4.
  • §. 29. The Use of the Hand-Saw marked D, the Frame or Bow-Saw, the Tennant-Saw, marked O in Plate 4.
  • §. 30. The Use of the Compass-Saw, marked Q in Plate 4.
  • §. 31. Of the Rule marked D in Plate 5.
  • §. 32. Of the Compasses marked E in Plate 5.
  • §. 33. Of the Glew-pot marked F in Plate 5.
  • §. 34. Of Chusing and Boiling Glew.
  • §. 35. Of using the Glew.
  • §. 36. Of the Waving Engine.
  • §. 37. Of Wainscoting Rooms.
  • An Explanation of Terms used among Joiners
    • part - A
    • part - B
    • part - C
    • part - D
    • part - F
    • part - G
    • part - H
    • part - I
    • part - K
    • part - M
    • part - O
    • part - P
    • part - R
    • part - S
    • part - T
    • part - V
    • part - W
• MECHANICK EXERCISES; OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works
  • § 1. Of several Tools used in Carpentry, that are not used in Joinery. And first of the Ax.
  • § 2. Of the Adz, and its use.
  • § 3. Of Carpenters Chissels in general.
  • § 4. Of the Ripping-Chissel, and its Use.
  • § 5. Of the Draw-knife, and its Use.
  • § 6. Of Hook-Pins, and their use.
  • § 7. Of the Level, and its use.
  • § 8. Of the Plumb-line, and its use.
  • § 9. Of the Hammer, and its Use.
  • § 10. Of the Commander, and its Use.
  • § 11. Of the Crow, and its Use.
  • § 12. Of the Drug, and its Use.
  • § 13. Of the Ten-foot Rod, and thereby to measure and describe the Ground-plot.
  • § 14. Of Foundations.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES; OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works
  • § 15. Of Framing for the Floors.
  • § 16. Of setting up the Carcass.
    • General RULES.
  • § 16. Of Window-Frames.
  • § 17. Of Stairs, and Stair-Cases.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • § 18. Of Flooring of Rooms.
  • § 19. The Hanging of Doors, Windows, &c.
  • The Titles of some Books of Architecture.
  • An Explanation of Terms used in Carpentry.
    • part - A
    • part - B
    • part - C
    • part - D
    • part - E
    • part - F
    • part - G
    • part - H
    • part - I
    • part - K
    • part - L
    • part - M
    • part - N
    • part - P
    • part - Q
    • part - R
    • part - S
    • part - T
    • part - V
    • part - W
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • Of Turning.
  • § I. Of the Lathe.
    • ¶ 1. Of the Legs, or Stiles.
    • ¶ 2. Of the Cheeks.
    • ¶ 3. Of the Puppets.
    • ¶ 4. Of the Horn.
    • ¶ 5. Of the Pikes and Screw.
    • ¶ 6. Of the Rest.
    • ¶ 7. Of the Side-Rest.
    • ¶ 8. Of the Treddle and Cross-Treddle.
    • ¶ 9. Of the Pole.
    • ¶ 10. Of the Side-Rest.
    • ¶ 11. Of the Bow.
    • ¶ 12. Of the Great Wheel.
    • ¶ 13. Of the Treddle-Wheel.
    • ¶ 14. Of the String.
    • ¶ 15. Of the Seat.
  • § II. Of Gouges.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • § III. Of Flat Chissels.
  • § IV. Of Hooks.
  • § V. Of Grooving Hooks, and Grooving Tools.
  • § VI. Of Mandrels.
    • And ¶ 1. Of Flat Mandrels.
    • ¶ 2. Of Pin-Mandrels.
    • ¶ 3. Of Hollow-Mandrels.
    • ¶ 4. Of the Screw-Mandrel.
    • ¶ Of Sockets, or Chocks, belonging to the Screw-Mandrel.
  • § VII. Of Collers.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • § VIII. Of the Mawl.
  • § IX. Of the Hatchet, Draw-knife and Cleaving-knife.
  • § X. Of the Chopping-Block.
  • § XI. Of the Callippers.
  • § XII. Of the Drill-Bench.
  • § XIII. Of Turning a Cilinder in soft Wood.
  • § 14. Of Turning Flat Boards.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • § XV. Of Turning Hard Wood, and Ivory.
  • § XVI. Of Turning long and slender Work of Ivory.
  • § XVII. Of the Brasiers Lathe and Turning Tools; and their manner of using them.
  • § XVIII. Of Turning Small Work of Brass, or other Mettle.
  • § XIX. Of laying Moldings either upon Mettal, or Wood, without fitting the Work in a Lathe.
  • § XX. To Turn several Globes or Balls of Ivory within one another, with a Solid Ball in the middle.
  • § XXI. To Turn a Globe with several loose Spheres in it, and a Solid Cube, or Dy, in the middle of it.
  • § XXII. To Turn a Cube, or Dy, in an Hol∣low Globe, that shall have but one Hole on the outside to work at.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • § XXIII. Of Turning Oval Work.
    • ¶ 1. Of the Hollow Axis, and its Shank, marked a in Plate 18.
    • ¶ 2. Of the Moving Coller marked b, in Plate 18.
    • ¶ 3. Of the Foreside of the Puppet, and the Shackle marked c.
    • ¶ 4. Of the Hollow in the Puppet marked d.
  • § XXIV. Of Rose-work, &c.
  • § XXV. Of Turning Swash-Work.
  • An Explanation of Terms used in these Ex∣ercises of Turning, Alphabetically digested.
    • part - A
    • part - B
    • part - C
    • part - D
    • part - F
    • part - G
    • part - H
    • part - I
    • part - L
    • part - M
    • part - N
    • part - P
    • part - R
    • part - S
    • part - T
    • part - W
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • Definition.
  • And first of Materials.
  • Of Bricks.
  • And they are made of several sorts and sizes.
  • They are also used in Soap-boilers Fats, and in ma¦king of Cisterns.
  • Most Counties in England afford Earth for the making of Bricks.
  • Of Lime.
  • Tools used in Brick Work.
  • The Names and Uses of Tools relating to Tyling.
  • Of the Names and Uses of Tools relating to Plastering.
  • And they are.
  • And first of Foundations.
• MECHANICK EXERCISES: OR, The Doctrine of Handy-Works.
  • And now concerning the Foundations.
  • In the next place you shall have the Ground Plat of a Building, and its Explanation.
  • To describe Mouldings on Wainscot, or Pastboard, for Patterns, to cut Bricks by.
  • To describe the Scima Recta, or Ogee, both ways.
  • To describe the same Ogee by a Semicircle. Fig. 4.
  • To describe an Oval to any Length and Breadth given.
  • Another way to describe the same.
  • Yau may likewise find it Geometrically thus.
  • I shall conclude this Exercise with the Art of ma∣king two sorts of Cements, for the Cementing Bricks.
  • To make the cold Cement.
  • To make the hot Cement.
• title page
• Mechanick Dyalling.
  • Description of Dyalling.
  • Explanation.
  • How to erect a Perpendicular. For Example, in Fig. 1.
  • Another way with once opening the Compasses, as by Fig. 2.
  • To erect a Perpendicular upon the end of a Line, as by Fig. 3.
  • To draw a Line Parallel to another Line, as by Fig. 4.
  • Definitions.
    • OPERARTIONI I. The Description of the Clinatory.
    • OPERAT. II. To describe a Dyal upon a Horizontal Plane.
      • Example.
    • OPERAT. III. To describe an Erect Direct South-Dyal.
    • OPERAT. IV. To make an Erect Direct North Dyal.
    • OPERAT. V. To describe an Erect Direct East Dyal.
    • OPERAT. VI. To describe a Dyal on an Erect Direct West Plane.
    • OPERAT. VII. To Describe a Dyal on an Erect North, or Erect South Plane Declining Eastwards or Westwards.
    • OPERAT. VIII. To draw a Dyal on an East or West Plane Reclining or Inclining.
      • For Example, An East Dyal Reclining 45 Degrees.
      • To draw a Dyal on a Direct South or North Plane Inclining or Reclining.
    • OPERAT. IX. To draw a Dyal on a South or North Inclining De∣clining, or Reclining Declining Plane.
    • OPERAT. X. How to draw a Dyal with a Center, Declining 20 Degrees, and Inclining 30 Degrees.
    • OPERAT. XI. How to draw a Dyal without a Center, on a South Plane; Declining East 30 Degrees, Recilning 34 Degrees 32 Minutes.
    • OPERAT. XII. To make a Dyal on the Cieling of a Room, where the Direct Beams of the Sun never come.
  • Some Helps to a young Dyalist for his more orderly and quick making of Dyals.
  • The use of the Line of Chords.
  • An Explanation of some Words of Art used in this.