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The planishing machine makes a staccato racket that would drown out a couple of machine guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hammer is arranged so that tubes 4 feet in diameter can be worked for planishing plates.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various

Upon close inspection we cannot fail to notice a striking peculiarity upon the surface; the roughness is very remarkable; the planishing hammer has left amazingly visible indications of its busy work.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)

For planishing pipes or tubes a long wrought iron mandrel is provided mounted on two cast iron carriages, each having four flanged wheels for running on rails.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various

We publish illustrations of a Thwaites suspension pneumatic power ½ cwt. hammer of a new design, for planishing pipes and plates, for which we are indebted to Engineering.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various



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