Upholsterer’s Shop.
Devil. Strainer. Web Strainer. Bench Screw. Square.
The devil is the ugly and very absurd name given to a machine consisting of a box, inside which a spiked wheel turns; the use of this implement is to separate and tear to pieces such woven substances as, when reduced to shreds, serve for the stuffing of furniture, as also to soften and make finer hemp or tow for the same purpose, when horsehair, which is the best and most expensive material, is not used. Cocoa-nut fibre is now sometimes applied for this purpose; and in the commonest furniture hay is frequently placed as a foundation, with a small quantity of horsehair on the top. The bench screw is a kind of vice which will hold a very thick substance, like the seat of a chair or sofa, without injuring the woodwork; the web strainer is used for stretching strong cross-pieces of webbing across the bottom of the seats of chairs or couches, to make a firm foundation for the stuffing to rest upon, and with the ordinary strainer to bring the canvas cover that confines the stuffing tightly and firmly to its place, an operation which requires great care, especially when metal springs are placed beneath the horsehair to make the seat more elastic. The Upholsterer’s hammer is of such a shape that it will drive a small nail deeply down in a space when it is hidden by the damask or leather covering of the furniture. The punches are for a similar purpose; while the needle and the regulator are used in stuffing the seats and properly adjusting the hair or other material.
Upholsterer’s Hammers. Punches. Float. Screwdriver. Needle. Regulator. Bradawl.
FLOOR-CLOTH MANUFACTURER.
DRYING WAREHOUSE.