. American engineer and railroad journal . IMPROVED METHOD OF MILLING FOUR ROWS OF SHOES AT ONE TIME. special devices for use in railway shops, showing how, by theexercise of a little ingenuity in the tool room, the cost of ma-chining many special locomotive parts could be greatly re-duced. Next after these were shown special jigs for use on the ma-chines, and then followed a long series of slides on the subjectof tool standardization for an entire railway system, i. e.,standardizing punches, drills, reamers for crosshead, knucklepin, and ball joint work, flue rollers, etc. A number of viewswe
. American engineer and railroad journal . IMPROVED METHOD OF MILLING FOUR ROWS OF SHOES AT ONE TIME. special devices for use in railway shops, showing how, by theexercise of a little ingenuity in the tool room, the cost of ma-chining many special locomotive parts could be greatly re-duced. Next after these were shown special jigs for use on the ma-chines, and then followed a long series of slides on the subjectof tool standardization for an entire railway system, i. e.,standardizing punches, drills, reamers for crosshead, knucklepin, and ball joint work, flue rollers, etc. A number of viewswere then given of a recent very light air motor that hasmany advantages for work in close quarters, and on account. LARGE COMPOUND MILLING CUTTER FOR FINISHING SEVEN SUR-FACES AT ONE TIME. of its efficiency. Following these, various devices for use inerecting floor work were shown, cylinder boring machine,valve facing device, a convenient portable air hoist for mainair reservoirs on engines, guide lining device, valve bushingextractor, etc. Mr. Jacobs concluded his address with a veryinteresting description of the individual effort system (SeeAmerican Engineer and Railroad Journal, February, 1906,page CI), for rewarding labor as applied in a large shop toeffect economical production and to reduce to a satisfactorybasis the wage problem. Although articles and comments have appeared from timeto time on shop lighting, very little has been said specificallyon the lighting of separate machine tools. Many shops couldmake much-needed improvements if attention were given tothis important detail, as there are very few shops that do nothave machines installed in dark corners, and at this seasonof the year in
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