To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.
To finish the surface of leather-hard or dry clay by removing unwanted marks especially seams made by casting molds.
The cleaning process while a piece is still soft enough to reform any blemishes or errors. There is a FETTLING knife; with a thin, flat metal, dull blade, that tappers to a blunt point.
a cleaning tool to get rid of the seamline.
The removal of unwanted blemishes, seams and flash from nearly dry pots prior to glazing and firing.
1. To line or cover the hearth of a furnace with a loose, ground stone-like material. 2. Removal of sand from a sand casting. 3. Removal of the marks of a casting mold from a casting.
A British term meaning the process of removing all runners and risers and cleaning off adhering sand from the casting. Also refers to the removal of slag from the inside of the cupola and in Britain to repair the bed of an open hearth. See Casting, Risers, Runners.