. The locomotive engineer . e a water-can for wrought-iron work; the writer han used water with goodsucceua on mild steel (crunk-pins), Have a hole drilled in all flat or lathe drills, andhang Ibem up, when not in use. Put nealsfiKH oiloiihLliji instead of rosin ; have dirt box and 1<h)1 shelfon all latheM po».ib)e. as di-Mritiecl in TiiK Locouo-TIVB Ekoineer for September. Keep lathe dogsbunging up where they can be found ; put all boltsand elam])s belonging to lathes and plauent when?they can be found when wanted in u hurry. Haveall maehineA jiainted and varnished, and the num-bentof all
. The locomotive engineer . e a water-can for wrought-iron work; the writer han used water with goodsucceua on mild steel (crunk-pins), Have a hole drilled in all flat or lathe drills, andhang Ibem up, when not in use. Put nealsfiKH oiloiihLliji instead of rosin ; have dirt box and 1<h)1 shelfon all latheM po».ib)e. as di-Mritiecl in TiiK Locouo-TIVB Ekoineer for September. Keep lathe dogsbunging up where they can be found ; put all boltsand elam])s belonging to lathes and plauent when?they can be found when wanted in u hurry. Haveall maehineA jiainted and varnished, and the num-bentof all (bread gears painted on them. »o therecan be no mistake in picking up tlie wrong wheel;keep u man on drill prvai, uud keep all drilUdrciuedin good shape, anil ground to gauge, and allow noitlterution in them. Soapsuds or water with wiuih-jng sotia is gooil for drilling wrought-iron, and incliviner and elutiper thuii oil. Im u drill jircMi ami grindiitone in boiler shop foruseof boiler makcreaod blitckiimitlu; put a man iu. Device kou Dupijcatisg Irre* can be again, on the above principles, and the fore-man who docs it is a live, wide awake man, and upto the times. Bud managiment starts in with a dirty shopbroken drills lathe and planer tools, holts, nuts andclamps, litter the Boor; lathe and planer toolsare ground every way but the right way. drillsare ground in all shapes and sizes, broken imdthrown on the floor; everybody runs the lathes,planers and drills; result, machines iu a broken,dirty, Illthy condition, nobody cures a the time is put in. Men go lo the tool room,take out tools and throw them down when done,no account taken of anything; break and waste;the company is rich let them stand it, is themotto, and in a great many cases it serves thecumpiiny right. Smith puts a job on the planer, gets a tool ground,lays it down and gogj to the roundhouse to work; goes off and leaves it. ami the next man comes in ahurry, but must atop and luce the bell. A boy in
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