A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER VII.—METAL WORKERS (NOT ELECTRO PLATE OR PRECIOUS METALS)
Sub-order 8.—Other Workers
247.—Metal Spinners
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- bell spinner (brass musical instruments)
- a metal spinner q.v. who takes bell, in rough form, as made by bell maker (264) q.v. and shapes it by spinning; may also turn edge over wire to form rim.
- brass former
- see spinner.
- spinner, metal spinner
; brass former
- shapes sheet metal hollow-ware, of circular section such as howls, dishes, covers, by (pressing bluntly-pointed polished steel tools of various shapes against metal, as it revolves at high speed in lathe, in contact with "former" or mould; fixes metal sheet and mould in chuck of lathe; determines speed of lathe according to size of article to be spun and metal used, by adjustment of gear wheels; sometimes specifically designated, e.g., brass spinner, copper spinner.
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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. 