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MORTICE LEVER

Product Code: 1039

Lever on 63mm Rose

Cast Brass fitting

The skills of this traditional craft have been handed down over the generations and have changed very little over time.

Patterns are prepared from the original sample or drawings and are made oversized to allow for shrinkage during casting. Casting sand, with some added adhesive, is compacted in to a steel box and the pattern inserted half way into the sand. Another sand filled box is fixed upon the first one so as to fully cover the pattern. The boxes are then removed, and after re-joining the boxes, molten brass is carefully poured in by hand to fill the cavity left by the pattern. The resultant casting is allowed to cool and filed to remove rough edges and to define contours.

It then goes through several polishing processes, from the initial rough cut through to the final buffing with a soft cloth polishing wheel. After careful inspection, it is put through an ultra-sonic cleaning machine, lacquered, and then baked to give the lacquer extra durability.