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Originally used for gun stocks, it was subsequently used for numerous objects of irregular shape: piano legs, wig stands, shoe lasts, etc. In Blanshard's copying lathe a rotating template controlled the cutter which cut the blank rotated in unison with the pattern, while the pattern tracer and the cutter moved along the horizontal axis.
Water-powered Blanchard lathe used for duplicating gun stocks from the 1850s. Harpers Ferry Armory. Blanchard then turned his attention to gun barrels, and invented a machine tool that streamlined the process of their manufacture. Hired by the Springfield Armory during its construction, Blanchard finished the machine in 1822. [6]
Duplicating in the year B.C. - Before (xerographic) Copies at the Wayback Machine (archived June 24, 2009) Making Copies from Carbon to Kinkos; Copies in Seconds (PDF) Antique Copying Machines at Officemuseum.com; Office and Reprographic Printing Cheatsheet – Preservation Self-Assessment Program
Duplicating machines were the predecessors of modern document-reproduction technology. They have now been replaced by digital duplicators, scanners , laser printers , and photocopiers , but for many years they were the primary means of reproducing documents for limited-run distribution.
An A4-size Gestetner offset-printing machine. The Gestetner is a type of duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner (1854–1939). During the 20th century, the term Gestetner was used as a verb—as in Gestetnering. [1] The Gestetner company established its base in London, filing its first patent in 1879.
As of 2009, Thermofax machines were still widely used by artists. In addition to making copies, Thermofax machines can be used to make a "spirit master" for spirit duplicator machines. Tattoo artists use these spirit masters as tattoo stencils , to quickly and accurately mark the outlines of a tattoo on the skin of the person to be tattooed ...
A small fraction of America’s gun shops sell the vast majority of guns used in crimes. The ATF is responsible for “tracing” them – taking the make, model and serial number and sifting ...
A mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo, sometimes called a stencil duplicator or stencil machine) was a low-cost duplicating machine that worked by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. [1] The process was called mimeography, and a copy made by the process was a mimeograph.