Subject: Traveling Forges and use of Jigs

From: "Dave Einhorn" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 10:12:35 EDT

One thing that I forgot to mention, is that the government plans, for 
traveling forges, show diagrams for jigs/tools to head bolts and make other parts.
So apparently, by the 1840s, people were using jigs for mass-produced 
blacksmithed parts, ie hinged top and bottom tool arrangements as 
well as bending forms, much like those that are used now.

   Dave Einhorn                    
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