. American engineer . anager must give it their endorsement and ap-proval. Men are quick to notice whether a new plan is backedor not, and human nature is such that, without proper backing,the best system may fail through neglect to conscientiously fol-low its principles. As we view it this system forces everybody to do his man in authority who wants a system which will force every-body else to do his duty but leave him free to do as he pleasesis too often evident; such a man could not introduce this systemsuccessfully; having once endorsed it he also must live up to thedates and sche
. American engineer . anager must give it their endorsement and ap-proval. Men are quick to notice whether a new plan is backedor not, and human nature is such that, without proper backing,the best system may fail through neglect to conscientiously fol-low its principles. As we view it this system forces everybody to do his man in authority who wants a system which will force every-body else to do his duty but leave him free to do as he pleasesis too often evident; such a man could not introduce this systemsuccessfully; having once endorsed it he also must live up to thedates and schedules. Unquestionably this work will become moreand more popular in railway repair shops; the principles involvedcan be applied to the car shop as to the locomotive shop, andto the little or tbe big shop. HIGH SPEED METAL CUTTINGMACHINE A machine using a flat saw blade which will cut through a 6in. diameter bar of machinery steel in 20 minutes, or througha 12 in. I-beam in 10 minutes, leaving a face whicli is true and. High Speed Metal Saw. October, 1912. AMERICAN ENGINEER. 541 square, is being built by the Racine Tool & Machine Company,Racine Junction, Wis. It is a development of a power hack sawcarricil to a point where it becomes a tool of precision and canbe classed witli other high grade machine tools. While it usesa saw blade, the frame carrying it is remarkably rigid and iscarried by a support, so designed as to prevent any possibilityor tendency for movement outside of the true vertical cutting is performed by the draw stroke and the blade islifted clear on the return stroke. A geared circulating pump ap-plies a cutting compound to the blade while in operation, allow-ing it to be run efficiently at high speed. The macliinc consists of a substantial base on wliicli is mountedthe vise for carrying the work and the frame carrying the driv-ing mechanism. The vise is arranged to swivel at any angle upto 45 deg., and has a capacity for cutting an 11 in. bar at thisa
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