ORDER XV.—WORKERS IN WOOD AND FURNITURE

Sub-order 1.—Workers in Wood

480.—Pattern Makers (Wood or Undefined)

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core box maker

as for pattern maker.

model maker

Yorkshire term, see pattern maker.

nail model maker, nail pattern maker

a pattern maker q.v. engaged in making patterns for use in manufacture of cast nails.

pattern maker ; model maker (Yorkshire)

makes models of patterns (usually of wood), core boxes, striking boards, templates, etc., used by moulders in a foundry to form sand moulds from which castings are made; receives, from drawing office, drawing of part to be cast (or sometimes is provided with specimen of part itself) and makes rough working drawing therefrom; thence makes pattern in two or more parts, to facilitate removal from sand, using hand tools, wood-cutting machine tools, and a few special tools and devices; sometimes specifically designated, e.g. engineer's pattern maker; cf. pattern maker (278).

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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.