. Canadian forest industries July-December 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July 15, 1917 CWADA LUMBERMAN ANMJ WOODWORKER These borings and at this plant have salvaged two or three of the castings which form the journals on locomotives, and'by skillful patching and welding have >aved for their employers $30 or more on every item. An oxy-acetylene welding outfit is a valuable accessory to such a reclaiming system, as it can be used to salvage material that appears to l)e beyond help. Locomotive frames and badly broken castings
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. July 15, 1917 CWADA LUMBERMAN ANMJ WOODWORKER These borings and at this plant have salvaged two or three of the castings which form the journals on locomotives, and'by skillful patching and welding have >aved for their employers $30 or more on every item. An oxy-acetylene welding outfit is a valuable accessory to such a reclaiming system, as it can be used to salvage material that appears to l)e beyond help. Locomotive frames and badly broken castings of many kinds have been made whole again with it. They have a vice in the engine room which was broken into three pieces and then welded together with this remarkable contrivance. Brass is an item which is highly prized in sawmill repairing, and the custom in the lumber regions is for each master mechanic to save such scraps of brass as he finds until a moulder happens along to work it into slugs for future reference. Theoretically this is a fine vvay of handling the matter, but actually a good deal of the brass is misplaced between visits, so that there must be a general search made whenever liie mcnilder appears. In the reclaiming house this company has a brass bin with two compartments, one for scraps picked up here and yonder and the other for filings which are saved by placing a cloth under the lathe whenever brass is being worked filings,now are worth about 15 cents a pound. Scrap iron is divided roughly into four —first-class castings, seconds, railroad iron, and wrought iron. The junk values dififer widely at present, as the above classification suggests. Railroad iron now is at a premium, wliile certain grade castings bring much more than inferior material. A junk buyer inspects a pile and bases his offer on the i)oorest stuff he finds therein, which is only natural, as he has to asume the burden of grading the lot. Therefore, whenever a com- pany can sort i
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