What Was a Wire Drawer

1) Occupational term, for a workman making wire by drawing a metal rod through a series of holes. There were wiredrawers also in the Derbyshire village of Hathersage from the Elizabethan period and when Thomas Heaton married he set up business in Sheffield: 1713 Thomas Heaton Wire-drawer. …

What was a wire drawer in the 1800s?

master brummie. Lois a wire drawer is someone who draws wire from a coil say 1″ wide through a machine to make it a smaller size say 3/4″. This is a simple explanation, but no doubt some more learned friend can give a more detailed explanation.

What is wire drawing machine?

Wire drawing is a metalworking process used to reduce the cross-section of a wire by pulling the wire through a single, or series of, drawing die(s). … Although similar in process, drawing is different from extrusion, because in drawing the wire is pulled, rather than pushed, through the die.

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