. American engineer and railroad journal . ncern in which the boiler shop is locatedsome distance from the machine department. It would be anutter waste of time for a boiler-maker to be compelled to goto tha machine department tool room for every tool that hemight require, and it would surely be economy to have asmall tool room in the boiler shop and equip it with such toolsas are most used in boiler making. But it would be imprac-ticable to give both shops an elaborate equipment, and for thisreason some means of interchange between the two places mustbe established which will avoid the error
. American engineer and railroad journal . ncern in which the boiler shop is locatedsome distance from the machine department. It would be anutter waste of time for a boiler-maker to be compelled to goto tha machine department tool room for every tool that hemight require, and it would surely be economy to have asmall tool room in the boiler shop and equip it with such toolsas are most used in boiler making. But it would be imprac-ticable to give both shops an elaborate equipment, and for thisreason some means of interchange between the two places mustbe established which will avoid the error of having an unduenumber of toolmakers, and yet provide ample facilities for theproper care of all tools and not complicate matters so that itis hard for the workman to secure whatever tool he may reduce the number of toolmakers, establish one place asthe main tool room and have all tools in need of repairs orto be made brought to the foreman of that place, and give thatforeman charge over both tool rooms, so that there may be a. Date NAME OF of Broken Tools. AFPBOVKD. T. R Fman. GenI Fman. Mast. Mech. FIG. 0—BACK FOR AIB MOTORS. a number damaged through carelessness, and it is anothercase of the innocent suffering with the guilty. There shouldbe a record kept of broken tools, similar to that shown inFig. 7, and this record should be forwarded to the shop fore-man and a careful investigation made, for it is only throughsome such system that the condition of the machine, as wellas the carelessness of the employe, may be checked. On some of the larger railroad systems there are many specialtools made at the different shops and used locally, but thesetools are a long time finding their way into more distantshops, and for the purpose of having them in general servicea Book of Special Devices should be made up at the headoffice. Each master mechanic should be furnished with oneof these books, and, as a special tool is made, a drawing of itshould be made and
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