. Canadian foundryman (1921). ne-power for human musclefaced other obstacles besides establish-ed custom. Reliable detailed data andaccurate cost-figures were scarce. Lim-ited initial resources handicapped theprogress of proper research and inves-tigation. Notable among the early pioneers whofought against these conditions was Lewis, engineer for the TaberManufacturing Company, to whom highcredit is due for unflagging persistence. New practices rarely supplant estab-lished custom except by gradual 1908 when the Osborn ManufacturingCompany awoke to foundry needs be-cause of
. Canadian foundryman (1921). ne-power for human musclefaced other obstacles besides establish-ed custom. Reliable detailed data andaccurate cost-figures were scarce. Lim-ited initial resources handicapped theprogress of proper research and inves-tigation. Notable among the early pioneers whofought against these conditions was Lewis, engineer for the TaberManufacturing Company, to whom highcredit is due for unflagging persistence. New practices rarely supplant estab-lished custom except by gradual 1908 when the Osborn ManufacturingCompany awoke to foundry needs be-cause of its sales of supplies and equip-ment and enlisted in the fight, machine-molding had in reality only gained aslight foothold. Even in 1913, the last year before thewar, with several manufacturers in the field, it is doubtful whether the totalof all sales for the year passed the half-million dollar point. The unprecedenteddemands of war-work which compelledproduction on a scale and a speed neverbefore attempted went far toward. An Osborne Machine spreading the gospel of machine-moldingand introducing it into foundries whichhad never before given it proper con-sideration. From that point on changes into themachine-molding column came steadilyand rapidly until for the current yearOsborn sales alone will touch the $2,-500,000 mark. Obviously machine-molding has un-dergone steady improvement in the pastten years. The original machines, for instance, were of bolted construction incontrast to the unit-casting frame-con-struction employed today. Osborn engineers from the first werefortunately so placed that they were inan especially advantageous position toperfect these details. The plant behindthem was equipped as needs developedwith the right machines for each step,without compelling them to adapt theirdesigns to meet the manufacturing limi-tations of existing equipment. As oneof them well expressed it: We are notforced to design something our ma-chines will build—we design what we
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