. American engineer and railroad journal . this when wefound cast steel being planed with a >2-in. feed and a depth ofcut as great as ::, in. in places. It is claimed by those incharge that there is great economy in working the machinetools at this rate in spite of t . nience caused by breakages. Machine tools will have to be made stillstronger to stand this kind of service. How can those in■ liart;- of our railroad shops Justify their course of very cafefully handling tools from 1 to SO years old in order to makethem last a little longer? The opera are the larg- irning out work and surely


. American engineer and railroad journal . this when wefound cast steel being planed with a >2-in. feed and a depth ofcut as great as ::, in. in places. It is claimed by those incharge that there is great economy in working the machinetools at this rate in spite of t . nience caused by breakages. Machine tools will have to be made stillstronger to stand this kind of service. How can those in■ liart;- of our railroad shops Justify their course of very cafefully handling tools from 1 to SO years old in order to makethem last a little longer? The opera are the larg- irning out work and surely if shopmanagers would study the question from this standpoint oldmachine tools would be md efforts would be con- output of each machine In order toi or charge per piece to a minimum. MTi\. Old Machines It may be stated as a general11ion that if ne lie invented which will, by Increasing the output only in per cut. reduce the • equal amount. It ; he ill.] mail, ■ •/ Political and Science. 188 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD .


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