Currently, 17 rules have been developed for four basic sheet metal operations: slitting, notching, shearing, and bending.
Currently, the 17 rules fall into the categories of slitting, notching, shearing, or bending operations.
These rules define the slitting operations that can be done on any given sheet metal plate.
If a bend has occurred, no slitting or notching rules can be applied.
I am here for one purpose only, to assist in the slitting of its throat; hygienically if possible, but in another way if it is not.
In fact, in about 1633, it had been converted to include a slitting mill.
A second slitting mill was added in 1793.
The forge was initially a slitting mill established in about 1639, replacing a corn mill.