. Hardware merchandising March-June 1915 . Tapping Nuts—They pass from the hoppers to the taps below. April 17, 1915. HARD W A R E A N D M E T A L 35. Showing the rod being fed into a bolt making machine. stock room ready to be shipped whenordered by the wholesale houses. Larger Sizes. Up to this point we have watched themanufacture of sizes up to *4 x 6 inches,no mention being made of larger sizes,which are made from stock which hasbeen l\eated. This work is done in aseparate department. In the plant ofthe Steel Co. of Canada, the whole lengthof one side of the building is occupiedby furnaces
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1915 . Tapping Nuts—They pass from the hoppers to the taps below. April 17, 1915. HARD W A R E A N D M E T A L 35. Showing the rod being fed into a bolt making machine. stock room ready to be shipped whenordered by the wholesale houses. Larger Sizes. Up to this point we have watched themanufacture of sizes up to *4 x 6 inches,no mention being made of larger sizes,which are made from stock which hasbeen l\eated. This work is done in aseparate department. In the plant ofthe Steel Co. of Canada, the whole lengthof one side of the building is occupiedby furnaces and headers. They are ar-ranged, so that the furnace man, as soonas the heads are hot, can easily passthem over to the man on the stock is brought into the building ontrucks, the bars being from 10 to 14 feetlong. They first go through the shears,which cut them into desired lengths, acertain amount being allowed for mak-ing the head. These pieces are thenmoved in wheel barrows to the furnace,in which they are placed a sufficient dis-tance to allow the heads to become redhot. The furnaceman knows by experi-ence just how hot the end s
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