A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER XIX.—WORKERS IN OTHER MATERIALS

Sub-order 3.—Workers in Other Materials

633.—Drawers and Brush Makers



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artist's brush maker ; camel hair brush maker, camel hair pencil maker, hair pencil maker, hair pen maker
makes brush throughout—combing, sorting, and mixing hairs; binds with thread and fixes into ferrule or quill with thin glue or cement.
bass broom maker, bass pan hand
a pan hand q.v. using tufts of bass as material.
bone brush maker
a drawer q.v. making tooth or other brushes with bone backs or handles; cf. tooth brush maker (618).
bottle brush maker
a wire brush maker q.v. making spiral brushes for cleaning bottles.
bristle drawing hand
see drawer.
camel hair brush maker, camel hair pencil maker
see artist's brush maker.
carpet broom maker, carpet brush maker
a pan hand q.v. who fills broom stocks with whisk or stiff bristles or fibre.
copper stock hand
see painting brush maker.
cycle brush maker
a wire brush maker q.v. making wire brushes for cleaning bicycles.
drafter
see drawer ; cf. drafter (638).
drawer, drawing hand ; bristle drawing hand, drafter
inserts bristles, etc., in prepared holes in brush, and fastens them therein with wire wound round base of bristles and laced at back of brush.
drawer, bass
makes bass brushes for use in water, by pushing wire through hole in wooden stock, and bass through loop of wire; tightens wire, thus doubling bass and drawing it into a knot.
fibre broom maker
a pan hand q.v. using tufts of fibre.
filler, machine filler, machine borer's plate filler ; machine brush hand, machine brush stapler
attends to machine which fills holes in back of brush with bristles; feeds machine with bristles and wire, positions brush stock, and pulls lever causing bristles to be pressed and stapled automatically in stock; sometimes specifically designated according to material used, e.g., brush filler, fibre filler.
fine tool maker
makes decorators' and grainers' brushes throughout, sorting and dressing hair, binding it together, and setting it in ferrule with fine glue or cement.
flat hand ; mason brush maker, mason hand, nailed stock hand, nailed stock maker, whitewash hand
makes flat brushes, e.g., whitewash brushes, stone masons' brushes; arranges bristles round stock, wraps leather or metal strip tightly over all and secures by nailing; cf. painting brush maker.
flue brush maker
see wire brush maker.
glue and paste brush maker
makes brushes in which bristles are inserted in ferrules by a paper wrapping, which is removed after bristles are inserted; work usually done by painting brush maker q.v.
grainer's brush maker
a fine tool maker q.v. who makes special brushes used by painters for graining, mottling, over-graining, etc.
hair pan hand, hair broom maker
a pan hand q.v. using bristles, or a mixture of horse hair and bristles.
hair pencil maker, hair pen maker
see artist's brush maker.
ivory brush maker
a drawer q.v. making hair brushes and other fine brushes with ivory backs.
machine brush hand
(i) see filler;
(ii) see mill machine brush maker.
machine brush stapler
see filler.
machine drawing hand
a drawer q.v. who feeds and operates a machine in which brushes are made by drawing method; keeps machine fed with .bristles and inserts and removes brush blank at each operation.
machine scale brush maker
a machine drawing hand q.v. who makes special brushes of wire, instead of bristles, by drawing method, to be used for fettling castings or for removing scale (incrustation) from boilers.
mason hand, mason brush maker
see flat hand.
mill machine brush maker ; machine brush hand
a pan hand q.v. or a drawer q.v. who makes special types of brushes for use in machinery (such as textile printing, flour milling, etc.) either by pan method or by drawing method.
nailed stock hand, nailed stock maker
see flat hand.
painting brush maker, paint brush hand, paint brush maker, painter hand, paint hand ; copper stock hand
affixes bristles of painting brushes to handles by resin or cement; binds them tightly, by hand or machinery, with wire or glued string; and/or presses a ferrule of iron, copper, etc., round bristles (or hair) and stock; sometimes sorts bristles into lengths, as for hair hand (638), before binding; sometimes also does work of flat hand q.v.
pan hand
dips knot or tuft of whisk, bass, fibre, hair, etc., into pitch, binds end with twine, re-dips in pitch and inserts in wooden stocks.
sash tool maker
makes small round paint brushes with one tuft or knot of bristle secured to handle by metal or string binding.
scale brush maker
makes, as for drawer, special wire brushes, used for fettling castings or for removing scale (incrustation) from boilers.
scratch brush maker
see wire brush maker.
shaving brush maker
makes shaving brushes, by inserting thick tufts of , hair, carefully sorted and dressed, in metal ferrules, or in bone or ivory holders, and securing them with cement.
stencil brush maker
as for fine tool maker.
stippling brush maker
a fine tool maker q.v. who sets knots by "pan" method into flat boards for painter's stippling brushes.
tube brush maker
as for bottle brush maker.
varnish brush maker
makes round, oval or flat brushes for use in varnish or enamel work, by binding bristles to handle, by wire or glued string.
whisk maker, whisk broom hand, whisk pan hand
(i) a pan hand q.v. who makes small whisk clothes brushes;
(ii) a drawer q.v. who makes whisk brushes.
whitewash hand
see flat hand.
wire brush maker
(i) flue brush maker; makes spiral brushes, the material (hair, whisk, bristle, etc.) being held tightly between two or more wires twisted together which form the axis of the spiral;
(ii) scratch brush maker; makes brushes by a drawing process (see drawer) in which wire is substituted for bristles.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.