setting out
The process of smoothing, stretching and removing
excess water from newly tanned skins. Setting out
is similar to SLICKING
(1) , except that the skin is placed flesh
side down and a much blunter blade is worked over
the grain side. Setting out may also be done in a
machine similar to a fleshing or unhairing
machine; the skin is fed against a rotating,
blunt, helically bladed cylinder while being
supported on a soft rubber roller. Another type of
setting-out machine clamps the skin over a half
cylinder covered with rubber, and rotates it
forward and backward against a bladed cylinder.
While setting out removes some water, its
distinctive purpose is to "set" the Fain i e-,
flatten and smooth the grain surface to remove any
irregularities, and also stretch the skin to its
maximum area. Also called "putting out." (306 )
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