. Cross tie forms and rail fastenings with special reference to treated timbers . Fig. 61. -Section of tie, showing screw thread ready forthe dowel. 66 CROSS-TIE FORMS AND KAIL FASTENINGS. Bordeaux, in southern France, an average of 2,400 ties per day are pro-vided with six dowels each. With hand tools the German company estimates that one man after briefpractice can provide 15 ties with sixdowels per tie in one day. Since fourmen can work with one set of tools,one man boring the hole, one cutting1the screw thread, one screwing in t hedowels, and one cutting off the top, itis possible to provi
. Cross tie forms and rail fastenings with special reference to treated timbers . Fig. 61. -Section of tie, showing screw thread ready forthe dowel. 66 CROSS-TIE FORMS AND KAIL FASTENINGS. Bordeaux, in southern France, an average of 2,400 ties per day are pro-vided with six dowels each. With hand tools the German company estimates that one man after briefpractice can provide 15 ties with sixdowels per tie in one day. Since fourmen can work with one set of tools,one man boring the hole, one cutting1the screw thread, one screwing in t hedowels, and one cutting off the top, itis possible to provide 80 to 90 tieswith six dowels each in a day with twosets of hand instruments. From thegreater rapidity with which Ameri-cans work, it will probably he possi-ble t increase this number here.()ne of the greatest advantages ofhe applied to ti( me bv increasing. -Instrument used for screwing tlidowel in!., the tie-. be fact that it canThis is d< in which theie size of the
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