Oakum is a loosely twisted rope-like material made from oiled jute or hemp fibers. Traditionally manufactured in prisons or workhouses by disassembling old rope lengths and rubbing the strands with ...

BOOM! I STOOD transfixed as it dawned on me that no molten lead remained in the pot. Instead, thousands of steaming dots of lead were strewn about over a fairly wide area of our shop. One of my jobs ...

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, caulk is a material or substance used for filling in the gaps around the edge of something. Another definition “is a material used to seal joints or seams ...