. Railway mechanical engineer . ich can he done mi this machine shouldmake it a valuable tool fur railroad .-Imps. Because the cutters, while working, can be changed toany degree of a circle, this machine -hears various shapeswithout turning the sheet or plate during the int. It cuts -hear cuts a straight line faster than any othei tool except the gate shear, which make- the entire cut at one ,-troke. The line to i ut is accurately followed by means of theturret, whii h i- revolved by the guide wheel, the course of thecutters being changed to follow the line On large sheetsor plates, in ma
. Railway mechanical engineer . ich can he done mi this machine shouldmake it a valuable tool fur railroad .-Imps. Because the cutters, while working, can be changed toany degree of a circle, this machine -hears various shapeswithout turning the sheet or plate during the int. It cuts -hear cuts a straight line faster than any othei tool except the gate shear, which make- the entire cut at one ,-troke. The line to i ut is accurately followed by means of theturret, whii h i- revolved by the guide wheel, the course of thecutters being changed to follow the line On large sheetsor plates, in making simple cuts, such a- angles of anykind, the work can he dune more quickly I easily by throwing the cutler- in line with the cut to he made thanby moving the stock in line with the (Litter-. When theposition (if the critter- is changed the direction oi the feedis correspondingly (hanged. The cutters automaticall]feed the stock through the shear: The machine can beoperated from either side so that the operators vision of the.
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