Then the motion of the other foot-treadle forces down the other warp-threads which pass through the second set of harnesses, the shuttle is thrown back through this shed, and so on.
The Prince decided he would rather have the treadle press than anything he had yet seen.
That was doing very well," was the calm response; "but with a treadle I could work off about twice as many myself.
After this Allan introduced his treadle press, and soon the boys were deep in the mysteries of type-setting, inking, and taking impressions.
A coarse bouncing full-figured young woman, with frizzly black hair, paused, with her foot on the treadle of her machine, to stare at the newcomer.
Becky had set the treadle going madly and was pushing a piece of cloth under the needle.
The cord is hitched round the wood, and adjusted to such a length as to keep the treadle well off the ground when the pole is at rest.
When the treadle is pressed down with the foot, it draws down the pole, and the cord in its passage causes the piece of wood to revolve.
In this way the artist could divide very rapidly by alternately depressing the treadle and working the dividing knife.
When the treadle was depressed the tangent screw turned round, and when the pressure was removed it returned, in obedience to the weight, to its former position without affecting the screw.
Round the spiral groove of the cylinder a catgut band was wound, one end of which was attached to a treadle and the other to a counterpoise weight.
Then, placing one foot on a treadle hanging from the handle of the knife, he firmly presses the latter down on the block.
She pressed her foot on the treadle just like a sewing machine; and the wheels went round.
You should practice running the machine first without any thread so as to learn to use the treadle well, and then with paper to see if you are holding it straight and making rows of pricks which are straight and even.
The treadleand crank were still in place, but motionless; half a dozen wheels and sundry tools hung on the wall, memorials of the veteran's forty years of industry, and the bench did duty as dresser and bookshelf.
He puts his foot on the treadle of the even threads and sends the shuttle back over the even and under the odd.
The weaver puts his foot on the treadleof the odd threads and presses them down.
Hardly had she put her foot to the treadle when the voice again sang out: "Master, master, don't believe her!
She put her foot to the treadleand started the wheel.
The belt should not run on the fly-wheel, but on a special pulley, and the treadle and crank motion should be so adjusted that the foot will move through an arc of from 10 to 12 inches.
They use only the ancient spindle turned backwards and forwards by a treadle or by the left hand while the right guides the chisel or turning-tool, which cuts only half the time.
All that is necessary is to leave an extension to the arm or heel of the treadle to catch over the jaw of the trap.
Gil, who had hold of his lever, and foot on the treadle he had to work.
It now remains only to provide a fly-wheel and treadle with the communicating belt.
This crank is connected up by a pitman rod, with the triangularly shaped treadle frame.
A little wool or cotton placed under treadle often keeps the dirt from getting under.
Then place a few grains of white corn on treadle pan.
Power machines and treadle machines were exhibited by Messrs.
The speed varies in proportion to the pressure applied, and the sensitiveness of the arrangement is increased by a brake device coming into play by the reversal of the treadle as before.
For whennes comen elles alle thise foreyne compleyntes or quereles of pletinges, but for that men axen ayein here moneye that hath ben bi-nomen hem by force or by gyle, and alwey 50 maugre hem?
Press back on bottom of slanted stick and place your treadleagainst the stick.
Then whittle the ends off square so it will work easy between the treadle stakes and the two inside stakes that your fall works in; next raise your fall pole about three feet high.
Make V shape on inside of treadle by driving stakes in the ground, cedar or pine, and hedge it in tight all around.
