. Railway master mechanic [microform] . gle, double or triple tenonson heavy material without reversing. It is useful also forcornering, beveling, smoothing, rabbetting or cutting downthe sides of timbers by fixing the head and using as a planer,and is capable of rounding, moulding or tenoning ends oftimbers to any desired shape by using special knives inter-changeable with the regular straight knives. The column and base are cast in one piece carrying theheavy housing in which the mandrel slides, this being ad-justable from the front by hand wheel and screw withineasy reach and instantly rais
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . gle, double or triple tenonson heavy material without reversing. It is useful also forcornering, beveling, smoothing, rabbetting or cutting downthe sides of timbers by fixing the head and using as a planer,and is capable of rounding, moulding or tenoning ends oftimbers to any desired shape by using special knives inter-changeable with the regular straight knives. The column and base are cast in one piece carrying theheavy housing in which the mandrel slides, this being ad-justable from the front by hand wheel and screw withineasy reach and instantly raised and lowered by the verticalhand lever. The steel mandrel is 2 7-16 ins. diameter withdriving pulley between bearings, the power feed consistingof two vertical screws geared together with miter gearing,power applied by friction wheels all under full control ofoperator from position in front and center of machine. Steelcutterheads 13 ins. diameter have quick adjustment for dif-ferent thicknesses of tenons and are quickly removable for. Hamilton Automatic Vertical Car Sill Tenoning Machine No. 167 August, 1909. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 347 changes. The table is S ft. 5 ins. long with dividing gap forpassage of cutterheads and is strongly bolted to the uprightcolumn thus retaining perfect alignment. Idler rolls areprovided at each end for easy movement of material. Thecountershaft is placed over the machine for straight beltdrive to head with lower idler pulley on heavy arms foruniform tension of belt. New Literature CONFESSIONS OF A RAILROAD SIGNALMAN. ByJames O. Fagan; 181 pages, cloth, ll/2 by 5 inches; publishedby Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. This book has perhaps created more comment since it ap-peared in October, 1908, than any publication of the kind inthe railroad field. Coming from the pen of a man who holdsa position in the ranks of a class of railroad employes notusually addicted to this line of endeavor, the work carriesmore interest than would othe
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