edging-machine

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A machine-tool for molding, edging, and profiling woodwork. See molding-machine.
2. n. In metal-working, a machine for milling irregular shapes and making templets and patterns. Sometimes called a profiling-machine.
3. n. In sheet-metal work, a machine for turning and forming an edge in tin ware and sheet-metal. By changing the forming-rolls it becomes a turner or turning-machine; by the use of still other rolls it becomes a burring-machine. See beading-machine.