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An English wheel showing four interchangeable lower wheels (anvils), the larger fixed upper wheel, the pressure adjustment screw and a quick release mechanism The English wheel , in Britain also known as a wheeling machine , is a metalworking tool that enables a craftsperson to form compound (double curvature) curves from flat sheets of metal ...
When used as a portable anvil, a dolly can be used to hold a rivet in position while it is being clenched with a "snapper". Such dollies are commonly cylindrical in shape, and rely on mass to work. The act of using it is known as holding up or holding on. Dollies can also be used in boat building, when clenching nails. See clinker (boat building).
Late eighth-century drawplate from Bergen. The origins of wire-drawing are uncertain. One of the earliest known written references to wire-making is Exodus 39:3, which suggests that gold was hammered into sheets, cut into strips, and then these strips were made into gold wire, but the precise technique is not clear.
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Impact riveting machines set the rivet by driving the rivet downwards, through the materials to be joined and on into a forming tool (known as a rollset). This action causes the end of the rivet to roll over in the rollset which causes the end of the rivet to flare out and thus join the materials together.
In 1936 the company was founded by Stanley Thomas Johnson in Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom. [1] [2] The business, originally called "Aviation Developments", manufactured riveting technology, including the newly invented Chobert magazine-fed rivets, [3] primarily to the at that time growing aviation industry.
16 January – BBC World Service Television was renamed as BBC World it was launched as an international free-to-air news channel on 26 January at 19:00 GMT. 27 February – European Business News (EBN) launches. The pan-European service is broadcast from London and features rolling coverage of UK business alongside business news from Europe. 1996
January – UK market launch of the Chrysler Alpine, the British-badged version of the French-built Simca 1307 which was voted European Car of the Year before Christmas. British production of the large five-door family hatchback is planned to commence at the Ryton plant near Coventry later this year.