The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-08-04

81 TANNER Of late, several notices RELATING
4 TO the New Nail Factory, and the Ma,
{ chinc Shop located on Kanyon Greek j
q would, il permitted by those IN charge
inspect them for my own information. aI,d
the. result having been sd far satisfactory,
h concluded that it might likewise Be 81
TO some Ct yolr readers Interested III
4 those matters especially those living 1t
Il too greata distance for i personal inspec,
4 ton. "a
Having arrived at The Naii Factory.
H wlilell,is q spacious frame building, con.
4 yefiicntfy situated at the foot of d bench.
4 with 4 tail chimney, which 10 my mind
/ j. always suggestive of something gong
1 on for the benefit of tho community, i
nude known the object Of fmy Eisit. and
1 Mr.. Stephen Taylor, the superintendent.
being absent, / was referred 10 Messrs,
/ Knox ntld FtnlRyson, who were engaged
/ on the nlillright work Of the establish.
mett, mob completed, WHO courteoasIy
gave, me all tile information which II re-
Equired, aud who seemed fully 10 nader
stand their business in I'LL its 1ninntig.
The FIRST in order Of tic isIanufactnrc
| Is the heating furnace, which Il d small
fTeyerberatery furnace, neatly and Soiidiy
built OF cut lfre-stonc from. Big Cotton
wood In this the iron iis brought to tie
heat necessary for working lilo blast ia.
which Is furnished by a fan, and, in COM
bilation With the tall chimney, isteapabfc
Eof bringing the pieces To- a Welding heat
I'm a very short spacrof time
Next in order are file rollers, which
are Of solid cast IRON fifteen inches III di.5
aaleteri least iron housings, The whole 81
which is of d massive .aliafacte compared
with what we are III the htIllit Of seeing.
IN these valleys These are driven l,g. Il
powerful uflaershot water wheel, nine feet
by ten feet. face, TO wliclia
massive and pnfdeFons fiji -Hheel, Of iiollr.,
teen feet diameter !, is about to- be added
BY them. the iron Is brought to tie proper.
Thickness for mn king nails, lin S{icCessiyely
being passed between them, the rollers
being brotght closer together at each roll
ing. Iii connection with the FoIErrs i
Observed q most ingenious device OF
wTeughllron sstraps around the housings,
which OF course. from their .reIetiye size,
could not be intendea to preserve them
from fracture, bat which afterwards
found were calculated by their stretching
a little in case of Incidental breakagc, to:
provide against amy further. damage from
tile pieces of tile framing getting between
.therollefs before the machinery could lie
stopped. This invention i understood to
be due to L, kesler, ESQ, tile engineer,
under whose supervision the " hoie Of tile
works have been. erected, aud was con.
sIdered 10 bequite q novelty by the parties.
IN the States who built tie rollers. ... !. 4
Z Near the rollers; md worked from the
same shaft, Is a powerful shear, BY which
the rolIed iron is cut into strips OF such a
width rs to form the length Of the mil
required. " =. z r > =: ...@.
From this we turn to the nail niaking5
machines, Of which there are two capable
OF making any size OF nail, from a ,shingle
tltilHpwards; tile motions Of which are OF
too intricate a character to be followed
ap by any but pfactised eye Suffice it |
70 say that the iron strip at a red heat is |
placed upon a cutter; immediately you
hear two snothered blows, and out drops |
a nail. finished and in every respect ready |
sor use, having been cut and headed some.
where in the grip Of the nlaellue, which
Is capable Of making them as quickly as the |
attendant can turn the strip OF iron from
which they are made. &, +. S..
These are driven By sort Of reaction |
centrifugal wheel, Of an entirely new de- /
sign, which likewise drives tie fan and I
three large grihdstones required for grind /
ing tic caters, Sc, for the use Of the /
works. r + = =.
] next found my way to the Machine
Shop; and IN the absence Of Mr. Nathan
Davis, the foreman Of the shop, / was in,
ttodueea to Mr.. Wilcox, an intelligent
and well-ipformea mechanic, who politely +
offered TO conduct me through the works. /
The machine tools, as may be expected
IN this flr.of country, are not as complete
as they probably are where the facilities
for such work are greater My attention.
however, was difectea to u most iAge. /
niously designed machine lathe, the slid
lug rest Of which is so constructed as to 2
rise from the bed when the cut is too
heavy, aud SO prevent the possibility Of +
-. -. I'll. l.
There WAS also in process Of constrnc-
ton, heavy machine lathe for turning the (
,aas-iron rollers Of Sugalsmills, aud other /
work Of like massive character. f.
At one end of the shop was n wool I
,arding machine, nearly complete, intend &
I'd for Erustus Snow, Esq, which had S
been built after the pattern of some which
we're broaght from the States last season t
BY Mr.. z, r. Young. and from drawings 4
furnished by Mr. WmJ Silver. who like t
wise designed and furnished the drawings {
Tor the heavy lathe before mentioned, lie +
having been engaged in this business for /
several years back 10 the States and IN S
Europe. II
was next shown the foundry, which / t
was given to understand was the only one q