Official documents, comprising the department and other reports made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania . hreads used in shoemaking,makes an interesting story, but not altogether within the provinceof this article. Welting is cut into long narrow strips from the length of a sideof leather, after shoulders are cut off. It varies in width and insubstance. The welt beater hammers the welt flat and close. After the bottom filling has been inserted, soles are laid on andheld there by adhesive cement, after which the rough roundingmachine turns the sole to the shape
Official documents, comprising the department and other reports made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania . hreads used in shoemaking,makes an interesting story, but not altogether within the provinceof this article. Welting is cut into long narrow strips from the length of a sideof leather, after shoulders are cut off. It varies in width and insubstance. The welt beater hammers the welt flat and close. After the bottom filling has been inserted, soles are laid on andheld there by adhesive cement, after which the rough roundingmachine turns the sole to the shape of the last. The channel opener opens the channel and turns it back, keepingit out of the way of the stitcher, which stitches the outersole tot^Ae welt forming the bottom of the shoe. The leveling machine, working automatically, makes the bottomsperfectly smooth and to conform with the shape of the last, uponwhich shoe was made. One shoe is in press while another isbeing operated upon. A rolling pressure continues to roll over theshoe from heel to toe and again from toe to heel, until the lastcoming to the front stops No. 9. SHOE INDUSTRY. 57 At this juncture both the McKay and the Goodjear welt shoesgo to the heeler where heels are attached. The shoe, minus aheel, is inserted in heeling machine. One stroke of a row of pointedawls drills the holes, the second sets the nails, the third fixes thetop pieces on ends of nails sticking up. A breasting machine cuts down the breast of the heel and a heeltrimmer forms the heel into proper shape to suit the prevailingfads and fancies. The sand-papering machine smooths up the heelready for the blacking. The stitch separator makes the millingaround the edge of the sole and trimmer turns up the edges, whichare then blackened or put in color. An edge setter afterward setsor burnishes the edges. The heel finishing machine polishes andfinishes the heel, another machine sandpapers or smooths off thesurface of sole and top of he
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