. Electrical news and engineering . tor and Tool Co., of Hamilton, Can-ada, and Philadelphia, Pa., some time ago put on themarket a compact and efficient portable drill, which weillustrate herewith. Tiiis machine is adapted for drill-ing pig iron and copper for test work, drilling rails, andfor various other kinds of work. Owing to the type ofthe motor, which is entirely enclosed, it is suitable notonly for indoor work, but can also be used for outsidepurposes without requiring any specially arranged cov-ering for fire protection. The outfit complete consistsof motor and drill combined, togeth
. Electrical news and engineering . tor and Tool Co., of Hamilton, Can-ada, and Philadelphia, Pa., some time ago put on themarket a compact and efficient portable drill, which weillustrate herewith. Tiiis machine is adapted for drill-ing pig iron and copper for test work, drilling rails, andfor various other kinds of work. Owing to the type ofthe motor, which is entirely enclosed, it is suitable notonly for indoor work, but can also be used for outsidepurposes without requiring any specially arranged cov-ering for fire protection. The outfit complete consistsof motor and drill combined, together with regulatingrheostat for obtaining desired speed, and a drum with100 ft. of flexible cord, all mounted on a truck, with orwithout rack for holding material to be drilled, as de-sired. These machines drill in sizes up to i i inchesin steel and 2 inches in cast iron, and are furnished withboth automatic and hand feeds. The rapid adoption of electricity in machine shops andfactories makes a tool of this kind extremely useful, as. Portable Electric Drill, Mamfactured bv Storev Motor and Tool Co. The comparative statement for 1895 and 1894 is as it can be moved at will wherever it is needed. These follows : drills can also be placed on a table or in any stationary 1895. 1894. position, and will cover a large range of work of differ- Gross earnings $992, $958, ent classes. As an illustration, two of these drills are Operating expenses $489, |5> mounted on bed-plates, one at each end of a large cal- Net earnings $502, $440, t- . „ ^ ^, ^. Passenger?carried 23,353,228 22,609,338 lender roll, drillmg two holes in flanges at the same time Transfers ;572 7,438,171 and tapping them in the same operation, before the roll Percentage of operating expenses to is moved. Another adaption of this drill is where it is earnings 49-3^ 54- fitted with a telescoping shaft and is used in vards for During the year the company has built in its own
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