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any dish or plate, they loosen & undo with the strike of a hammer the iron wedges that slide along the spokes of the wheel. And, when they are at the notch and points that they need, they tighten the said wedges, striking them with the hammer.
When their plates or dishes have been cast, soldered if needed, & recleansed of surrounding froth with the hot soldering iron & then with a big file, they adapt it on the wheel & first of all they wrap their desgrusoue desgrusouer with a rope, as thick rope as the little finger, & lean it firmly on the crossbar to secure it well. And while someone else promptly turns the wheel, they guide the sharp edge of the esgrusouer by hand s towards the edge of the round cavity, & gently guide it to the center of the circle. And this desgrusouer is for removing the first rough & lumpy skins of the work. And next they even it out with a cutting iron called a plane, on which they rub the sharp edge with a little putty, on leather nailed onto a piece of wood having, and this, in such a way that the flesh or grain is on the outside, for if the sharp edge of this plane was not thus rubbed & burnished, it would not polish & notburnish the tin, au which would stay white, & not black & polished like a mirror. Moreover, they repair the work for the second time with this plane as they did with the esgrusouer. Then, with a knife or another sharp iron, they scrape the edges of the plates or dishes to smooth them so that they are not found sharp when handled
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