“Cybank” (drawbench)

A device used for drawing longer wires. It was typically a long wooden bench, consisting of a beam set on massive legs, with a socket for mounting a drawing die on one end and a spinning wheel-powered roller with a crank on the opposite end. The end of the wire, threaded through the drawing die, was grabbed with so-called “cycęgi” (drawtongs) — special pliers with flat jaws and a hook at the end of the handle. The hook was attached to a chain or belt wound by a spinning wheel placed on the opposite end of the beam. It made the goldsmith’s work much easier and allowed for crafting even very thin, long wires with different cross-sections, depending on the shape of the drawing die holes.