. American engineer and railroad journal . (lO. 8. TURNING EXTENDED PISTON lions. FIG. -TOOL SOLDER BOB HIGH SPEED TOOL. LOWKB VIEW snowsPOSITION OF ROUGHING TOOL. One very rsscnlial point, which should not be overlooked, isthat every tool of the older steels should be withdrawn fromthe shop entirely, and highspeed tools substituted, so as toin out any tendency to cling to the old ways of doing things(Fig. 4). Not only do the mechanics object to innovations, but thegang foremen, foremen, and general foremen even, do not ac-custom themselves readily to the new conditions. For it mustbe rem


. American engineer and railroad journal . (lO. 8. TURNING EXTENDED PISTON lions. FIG. -TOOL SOLDER BOB HIGH SPEED TOOL. LOWKB VIEW snowsPOSITION OF ROUGHING TOOL. One very rsscnlial point, which should not be overlooked, isthat every tool of the older steels should be withdrawn fromthe shop entirely, and highspeed tools substituted, so as toin out any tendency to cling to the old ways of doing things(Fig. 4). Not only do the mechanics object to innovations, but thegang foremen, foremen, and general foremen even, do not ac-custom themselves readily to the new conditions. For it mustbe remembered that the foreman of a shop, more particularlyof a railroad shop, has so many duties devolving upon himthat he does not, as a rule, have sufficient time for lookingafter a new move of this kind. The introduction should, there-tore, be in the hands of a man whose whole time can be de-voted to the handling of the new tools. This man should be athorough mechanic, well informed as to the care and workingof these steels, and of sufficient inventive ability to devisequick met


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