. Railway mechanical engineer . arances may be cut without reclampingthe box. The operator of this machine is an all-around mechanic,who has been in the ser^•ice of the company for 23 yearsand averages $175 a month on this work. He offers anexcellent example of the way in which \^est Albanv work-men look ahead to their work, co-operate with their fore-men and are interested in seeing the locomotives go takes special pride in the condition of his machine. Heprovides himself with any necessary repair parts and usuallymakes the repairs to the machine. Such interest as this wouldbe hard to
. Railway mechanical engineer . arances may be cut without reclampingthe box. The operator of this machine is an all-around mechanic,who has been in the ser^•ice of the company for 23 yearsand averages $175 a month on this work. He offers anexcellent example of the way in which \^est Albanv work-men look ahead to their work, co-operate with their fore-men and are interested in seeing the locomotives go takes special pride in the condition of his machine. Heprovides himself with any necessary repair parts and usuallymakes the repairs to the machine. Such interest as this wouldbe hard to find in a shop where men are not proud of theirwork and anxious for big production. The boring mill which recesses the driving boxes for brassside bearings is an old machine and is one of those whichit is necessary to work at night in order to keep up withthe work. Under the present arrangement, two machinistsare able to fit all of the boxes to the journals and put upthe cellars, making the wheels ready to sjo under the loco-. Fig. 7—Turning Twenty Wrist Pin Washers at One Time motive. This work is done under a runwa}- etjuipped withtwo pneumatic hoists. Two brass furnaces of the cylindrical type are used andall crosshead shoes are brassed in addition to the drivingboxes. The making of brass castings for other parts of theshop is discouraged, but in case of an emergency any brassmachine part not carried in stock may be cast. Some way isalways found out of the difficulties that arise on the box joband the foreman with his initiative, enthusiasm and goodjudgment usually points the way. Griudi-iifi Work.—There are two grinding machines atWest Albany, one an old machine used in grinding truckjournals, and the other a comparatively new Norton gapgrinding machine used for grinding piston rods, shaft-ing, crank i)ins, valve stems, axles (after being rough-turned), and piston heads when they are nearly to the limit-ing size. Another job which is done verj advantageously onthis gr
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