Hardware merchandising January-June 1897 . on of the machine admitsof its being adjusted to a post on the side ofa building or on. a bench. This is a desir- able and an entirely new feature, and onefound in no other tool of its kind. Another, and one of the principal featuresof this No. o machine is its two speeds,a change from one to the other being effect-ed by merely removing the crank from onespindle to the other. In one case the opera-tor can cut from y% to 1 inch pipe, inclusive,with great rapidity ; then, by changing thecrank to the other speed, from \% to 2 in.,inclusive, thus avoiding
Hardware merchandising January-June 1897 . on of the machine admitsof its being adjusted to a post on the side ofa building or on. a bench. This is a desir- able and an entirely new feature, and onefound in no other tool of its kind. Another, and one of the principal featuresof this No. o machine is its two speeds,a change from one to the other being effect-ed by merely removing the crank from onespindle to the other. In one case the opera-tor can cut from y% to 1 inch pipe, inclusive,with great rapidity ; then, by changing thecrank to the other speed, from \% to 2 in.,inclusive, thus avoiding the necessity ofturning a great number of times on smallsize pipe. To operate the machine, the vise ispushed back and the pipe located in themouth of the dies; then, by pressing thefeed lever and turning the crank, the pipe isfed into the dies. When the pipe is flushwith the dies the small lever shown on underside of die head in the engraving is pressedtowards the die, which releases the lockingdevice, and by pressing the knob on the op-. Armstrong Pipe-Thre ding Machine. posite side, the dies are thrown open. Ifthe vise, with the pipe, is then pushed backand the knob pulled out, the dies are resetready for threading another piece of locking device adjusts itself automatic-ally. As this machine uses the regular ad-justable dies, it can be furnished with diesfor threading pipe from y$ to 2 inches,either right or left, or with bolt dies forthreading from ^ to 1^ inch rod, inclus-ive ; also with dies for threading brass tub-ing and conduit pipe. HER FRENCH. Let me see some of your black kidgloves, said a lady to a clerk. Theseare not the latest style, are they ? sheasked, when the gloves were , madam, replied the clerk, we have had them in stock only two days. I didnt think they were, because thefashion paper says black kids have tanstitches, and vice versa. I see the tanstitches, but not the vice versa. Theclerk explained that vice versa was Frenchfor seven
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