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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Fills metal ferrules with hog bristle, horsehair, vegetable fiber, or nylon, using either of following methods: (1) Twists material into tuft and dips base of tuft into cement. Ties string around base of tuft, redips tuft in cement, and inserts tuft in hole of brush head. (2) Weighs out specified amount of bristles, using balance scale and inserts base end of bristles into ferrule. Separates bristles with metal blade, and inserts wooden or aluminum plug (wedge) into bristles to press them against sides of ferrule to form brush head. Immerses flag end of brush head in flaxseed gum to hold filling material in brush shape during vulcanizing process. Measures length of bristles, using gauge. May cut bristles to varying lengths to taper tip of brush head, using metal form and scissors. May make wire drawn brushes [BRUSH FILLER, HAND (fabrication, nec) 739.687-046]. (references) |
| Assembles carbon brushes by performing any of following tasks: Drills hole in precut carbon block, using drill press. Cuts copper wire to specified lengths, using hand shears. Positions and clamps block on workbench. Inserts wire into hole and wedges wire with copper pin, fastens wire with rivet or screw, or solders wire, using soldering iron. Attaches copper eyelet to free end of wire and solders eyelet to wire. Immerses brush in electroplating solution to cover brush with copper coating. Stamps manufacturer's name on brush, using die. May cut carbon to specified size. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BRUSH MAKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | fabricant de brosses. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ushbray akermay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-k-m-r-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: ambusher, hauberks. | |
-3 letters: armures, barkers, brasher, brusher, brusker, burkers, bursera, embarks, harmers, hauberk, kurbash, markers, murrhas, remarks, rhumbas, sambhur, sambuke, sharker. | |
-4 letters: abuser, ambers, ambush, amuser, armers, armure, bakers, barker, barres, basher, brakes, breaks, breams, brumes, burker, burkes, bursae, bursar, busher, busker, embark, embars, harems, harmer, husker, kasher, kebars, makers, marker, masher, masker. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Bibliography |
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