. Railway mechanical engineer . turretrevolves at the end of its travel. It has 13-in. Ion- 402 RAILWAY ENGINEER 94, No. 6 gitudinal adju.^tment by means of u hand crank and issecurely clamped in any desired position by three bolts, be-sides being located by the adjusting screw. The turret has four stations upon which tools may bemounted, and with each machine an outfit of turret turningtool holders, stems and cutters is furnished. Turretswith five or six faces may be furnished if desired. Theturret is revolved by power throusjh an intemiittont pinion All operation o
. Railway mechanical engineer . turretrevolves at the end of its travel. It has 13-in. Ion- 402 RAILWAY ENGINEER 94, No. 6 gitudinal adju.^tment by means of u hand crank and issecurely clamped in any desired position by three bolts, be-sides being located by the adjusting screw. The turret has four stations upon which tools may bemounted, and with each machine an outfit of turret turningtool holders, stems and cutters is furnished. Turretswith five or six faces may be furnished if desired. Theturret is revolved by power throusjh an intemiittont pinion All operation of the speed clutches, feed and quick, re-turn clutches is done by a patented method, operated bydogs located on the dog wheel or drum. This method givesinstantaneous movement to the clutches and enables thefeed, speed and quick return to begin at exactly the sameplace each time. An oil pump and piping and oil arrange-ment through the turret are furnished on machines han-dling material requirins; a lubricant. .\ 24-in. three-jaw. Rear View Showing Cutting Lubricant and Oiling Systems and gear and is so designed as to give an cas\- stop and start,the turret being stopped when the lock bolt engages, thusremoving any shock from the lock bolt. It is clamped intoposition by a powerful binder working on the largest diam-eter of tlie turret seat. Levers are conveniently placed torelease the binder and lock the bolt so that the turret canbe revolved by hand. Both cross and turret slides are ad-justed in relation to each other by conveniently placed clutches. geared scroll chuck regularly accompanies the machine andis furnished with standard set of jaws and wrench. Thechuck is provided with pilot bushings to receive pilot barsfor supporting the tools during the cutting operation. A swing of 35 in. is possible over the machine bed and24 in. over the cross slide. The travel of the cross slide(front and rear separate) is 10 in. A 15-hp. motor is re-quired to drive the machine, when motor dr
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