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Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . CUTTIJSG THE BARB. effect to the operation of a blacksmiths ham-mer. Near the puddling ball-train stand two orthree pairs of shears used to cut the bars intoplates. These shears consist of two massivesemicircular jjieces of iron with cutting edges,operated by power deri^cd from an immensewater-wheel near at hand, and fed by a manwhose duty is simply to place the end of the barbetween its jaws and keep it fed up to a cheek orstop, which is gauged to give the requisite the jaws shut the bar is cut into plates, whichfall up
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . CUTTIJSG THE BARB. effect to the operation of a blacksmiths ham-mer. Near the puddling ball-train stand two orthree pairs of shears used to cut the bars intoplates. These shears consist of two massivesemicircular jjieces of iron with cutting edges,operated by power deri^cd from an immensewater-wheel near at hand, and fed by a manwhose duty is simply to place the end of the barbetween its jaws and keep it fed up to a cheek orstop, which is gauged to give the requisite the jaws shut the bar is cut into plates, whichfall upon the floor or into boxes placed to CUTTING NAIL-PLATES. You would see, said the guide, addressingTint, if you were to examine the ends of theseplates, that although the operation of the trainis intended to crush out the cinder and knit thefibres of the iron together, it is still in a com-paratively crude state, and contains some tracesof extraneous material which must be got rid of. 162 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
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