. Railway master mechanic [microform] . MM M3BS& Fig. 5—Locomotive Connecting Rod Planer—Manufactured byWoodward & Powell Planer Co., Worcester, Mass. %iiiiiiilllr Fig. 7—Armstrong PlanerJack—Manufactured byArmstrong Bros. ToolCompany, Chicago. April, 1904. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 129. Fig. 8—Construction of the Armstrong GangPlaner Tool. A machine tool now found in many large railroadshops is the open-side planer. In 1880, only two orthree such tools had been built. The design shown inFigs. 3 and 4 is that of the Flather Planer Co., Nashua,N. H. It can be used as an open-side with one hous-in
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . MM M3BS& Fig. 5—Locomotive Connecting Rod Planer—Manufactured byWoodward & Powell Planer Co., Worcester, Mass. %iiiiiiilllr Fig. 7—Armstrong PlanerJack—Manufactured byArmstrong Bros. ToolCompany, Chicago. April, 1904. RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC 129. Fig. 8—Construction of the Armstrong GangPlaner Tool. A machine tool now found in many large railroadshops is the open-side planer. In 1880, only two orthree such tools had been built. The design shown inFigs. 3 and 4 is that of the Flather Planer Co., Nashua,N. H. It can be used as an open-side with one hous-ing set back, or the bracket can be removed and thehousings set opposite, converting the machine into aregular planer. The most effective way to improve the planer is toprovide it with convenient appliances for setting work,and to use multiple or gang tools to the limit of itspulling capacity, giving the machine heavier propor-tions and gearing. Small planers of the G. S. Gray,Whitcomb, Flather and other makes are built with
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