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A quieter room than many in the factory the pattern shop worked to the principle that: "precision begins in the pattern".

Measuring a gearbox pattern with a "shrink" rule - calibrated to allow for the shrinkage that occurs as metal cools in a mould.

Multiple small patterns being arranged on a board prior to forming the "gating" that allowed molten metal to flow through the box.