drawnet

A net with large meshes, used for catching the larger varieties of fowls. draw-pedro, 8. [PEDRO, s.] A game at cards. draw-plate, s . A drilled steel plate or ruby through which a wire or ribbon of metal is drawn to reduce and equalize it. The draw-plate is made of a cylindrical piece of cast-steel, one side being flatted off. Several holes of graduated sizes are punched through the plate from the flat side, and the holes are somewhat conical in form. The wire is cleaned of its oxide in a tumbling-box, and is then annealed. It is then drawn through as many of the holes in succe ion as may be nece ary to bring it to the required size. The wire is occasionally annealed to remove the hardne incident to compre ion in the plate, and pickled to remove scale. The sharpened end being pa ed through a hole in the plate, it is drawn through sufficiently to attach it to the wheel. This, being revolved, draws the wire through the plate and reels it up as drawn. The coil from which it is drawn is dampened with starch-water or beer-grounds as a lubricator, For fine work, such as the drawing of gold and silver wire, the draw-hole is made of a drilled ruby. Wire for balance-springs of watches is drawn through a pair of flat rubies with rounded edges.