The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-12
Making Rides at Windsor, Vermont.

correspondent of Rochester paper gives the follow
ng interesting description OF rifle mandatory at Wind
sOr, Vermont. The owners commenced their building
about three years ago. and expended in buildings,
chinery, and materials $4,000, before they made
country service in Mexico Their principal building is
100 feet long and Al wide, and four stories in height
They have several other buildings for forging their work
and the various other operations connected with their
business The first contract with the United States gov
eminent was for 10000 rifles. They, however, have
another. and much larger contract made last January
500 rifles per month, all in complete order They employ
100 artisans besides IS in the furnace business, making
castings and carriages for the railroad The barrel is
made from American iron, drawn from flat bars into
scalps,' of the proper length and thickness. These
scaps then rolled and welded around steel rod
der "a hammer that makes 1900 blows per minute
During this operation, the rod has to be frequently
Withdrawn to prevent its becoming welded with the iron
annealing The barrel, thus formed next goes through
the process of "nut boring" turning trimming, and
Strengthening, all of which curious enough, but the
last more particularly it is done rather is
tanned TO be correctly done, by the eye observing a
shadow The next step is passing through trial and
inspection by persons appointed by the government.
They are loaded with $50 grains OF powder, two balls
and Two wals and fired each twice. Ii they stand this
test they pass to the process of finishing inside which
done by rhng machines at the rate of barrel per
hour TO each machine. They afterwards pass through
the process of browning which requires great and
skill to make it succeed perfectly Again they are in
sected and very few rejected account of the smallest
possible defects in the material Stocks made from
black walnut which has been seasoned three years
Delole WoIkInb. II you nave sceu SuTtlSS last
machine, you will have tolerabe idea of the first
process. These stocks pass through six different
chnes and rifle, before it is complete in all its parts,
passes through than hundred different machines
great share of which the invention improvement
OF Mr. Lawrence If he wants certain thing. he first
invents machine to do it, and then sets it TO work
man would boy. The most singular machine is the
he calls the etting machine" 1t performs several
difficult and delicate operations with facility and ease
that is perfectly astonishing 1t cuts out the places
ceive the barrel ramrod lock, patch box buttplate.
guard srad side plate &c. SO exact that they require
hand labor The mounting is of brass, finished nearly
complete by machinery The lock work is forged in dies
1t afterwards passes through great variety OF machines
and comes out in the most perfect shape. These
chimes illustrate eectua the surprising advantage
of Yankee ingenuity" Each piece will fit in any Of
the numerous rifles made here There is such thing
trying the several parts 10 make them match each
other. Parts that alike thrown together, and
taken random when wanted to make the gun, and so
perfect they that they need alteration whatever
There are constantly employed three United States in
spectors in the establishment The rihes when complete
do not vary two each from the others in weight