. American engineer . Fig. 1 — Brake on Lathe Headstock. with the driving belt. \Mien the lathe is running the brakedoes not interfere in any way with the working of the stop the lathe quickly after the power has been shut off, sim-ply pull down on the strap as it hangs over the cone. A verylittle weight on the end of the strap will stop the lathe in a. Fig. 2—Truck for Handling Driving Boxes. few revolutions. Observations made in a large shop on high speedlathes showed that 10 per cent, of the workmans time waswasted while waiting for the machine to stop after the powerhad been shu
. American engineer . Fig. 1 — Brake on Lathe Headstock. with the driving belt. \Mien the lathe is running the brakedoes not interfere in any way with the working of the stop the lathe quickly after the power has been shut off, sim-ply pull down on the strap as it hangs over the cone. A verylittle weight on the end of the strap will stop the lathe in a. Fig. 2—Truck for Handling Driving Boxes. few revolutions. Observations made in a large shop on high speedlathes showed that 10 per cent, of the workmans time waswasted while waiting for the machine to stop after the powerhad been shut off. After this brake was installed the workmans output was materially increased. It does not in any way causeunusual wear of the bearing. BOX TRUCK. The truck shown in Fig. 2 is used for conveying in and about the shop. The box is carried by the twohooks suspended from the center of the inverted U-axle. Theaxle is made of hammered steel, 1^ in. square, and is bent sothat tlic top of tlic inverted U is 34 in. from the floor. Therings and honks are made of ^-in. round iron and may besliapcd to suit any style of driving flange. The wheelsare 36 in. in diameter and have tires 1^ in. wide. When itis desired to load the truck the handle is raised, so tliat thetop of the axle will dip forward and allow the hooks to beslipped under
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