steam box

steam n One item of expense at first puzzled me: 'steaming rail.' This was the process by which the hardwood handrails of the stairway were worked into curves by immersion in a steam-box. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Aug 79 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I ~jenny

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46966
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Summary:steam n One item of expense at first puzzled me: 'steaming rail.' This was the process by which the hardwood handrails of the stairway were worked into curves by immersion in a steam-box. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Aug 79 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I ~jenny