Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-05-08
Miscellaneous.
From tho Scientific American !
\ Model " orl-hop.

From the Scientific Amcrican1
\ Model W orl-hop.
Tie great INVENT lns Of modern times may
l-hriefv enumerated they arc the steam
engine, the electric telegraph, and the Sow
iug-maChinc. Others uf great Importance
have been introduced. but We nowrcter to these
three. as those which have 10 a great extent
r.yolutionzcd our social institutions. Ger
tainly none can have higher standing in
thi- respect than the la-t one upon the Inst.
While tho others have created for themselves
d fame and history which shines brilliantly
among the mechanical achievements Of the
a-,r. neither Of them come 80 close tp the
interests Of both scx,s 20, that machine which
has si-milv triumphri over obstacles ami
lr,iudicts that seemed unsUrm1untahc
= great has Lc,n it, popularity that IN or
ler to meet the demand for IT. immense lac
t5rie. have been erected in different lart- of
tic country Tho feeling in favor Of uarticu-
lgr machines is }erlal- eJmcthlng lncompic-
brrsillf when The general excellence of one
IS sarrarcnt 10 an. r.. Industrial as7ucla-
ti7ns throughout TIE United States. a. well
., the jurors at the Great International Ex-
hihition lately held at London have. declared
almost unanimouslvin favor Of the Nheeler6 &
Wilson rattern. lts merits as machine for
General work arc So Talpable to those who
are familiar with il. as 70 need no praise
It our hands liShmess case Of action, ,sImpil-
city Of design, thorouGhneSs IN construction,
uon-liability 70 arrangement, these are the
rreat essentials in q sewing g-machlne, ana
these qualities are all combined in the one
which We shall make the subject OF our ar
ticle. We were in Bridgeport few days
since. where the Wheeler & Wilson Compa-
nv have their factory, and thinking tnat
few hours could not be more prohtably en-
ploycd than in looking through 1t, We made
known our desire at the Office, when the IRE
sident. Nj. Wheeler at once afforded Us every
facility.
Wn6thc SulerintcnJen Mr.. Perry We enter
ed the Factory Stepping across the anteroom
from hi- offlcc, he opens door and at once a
long vista Of busy machines and their atten-
dspts is disclosed five hundred and twenty
ak feet in length and thlrty-six feet IN width
are occupied on the ground floor by system
Of machinery which seems to act With almost
human facility and discrimination. Here the
heavier tart. Of the scwing- are pre-
uared for the other fittings In order to have
a clear idea of the plan pursued throughout
tho establishment. II will he necessary TO in
form the reader that al the materials and
tools are furnished by the Company, and the
work Is executed for them by contractors OF
,obbers. T, each of these iobbcrs a certain
mart Of the work j. assigned, one man taking
tbe heds or solid frame of the machine, the
frogs as that part is called which carries the
cloth rres,cr. and the needle arm. Another
man will make the connecting rod. OF the
Mere which goes between the hook shalt ana
the vibrating arm. the slide rings, that part
which holds the bobbln or spool up to the TO
tstipr hook, and any other divisions ot the
sevInr-machine which his experience or ma
tural skill has assured the Company Will he
we'll executed in his hands Thus all the Dc
tails are parocllcd ont among the several
contractors.
Now he II borne IN mind the Wheeler and
Wilson machine is not made from hand 10
hand. A. the saving If, but from its inception
ta the last nail driven in the packing ooA
which carries it % It- final destination, every
ursration performed is hut one OF many ten
ding toward completion, that belongs to the
mechanical system employed m the nanulec-
tory 10 insure absolute fidelity IN every par
ticnlar- Il is easy to sec that. if every job
Ior cvccnt4d his work as best suited him and
according to his own ideas Of what wac re-
..,,ireI in the premiscs, a grand era OF chaos
and disorder would be inaugurated, "hich
would speedily put an end TO the Company
fame and the good quality of their machines
In order that such a catastrophe may n'
avoided. there are 4 set OF cages, or dulll
Gates. provided for every screw, spring ol
bsr. employed in the sewing machine thes'
races are supplied TO the various contractors
snd are made from originals in the posses
SION Of the COMPANY, % which no one ma
access but the superintendent FOR eaci
niece there Is not only one gage, but tner'
arr also separate cages for every varlatlol
and curve existing IN those shapes 50 ina
every radius and every angle Is precisely 81
milsr in each individual machine. II Is no
necessary to have professional educatloh
order to appreciate the benehts arising Hol
this plan. but our mechanical readers WI
readily understand the advantages sprlngln
from Il. We wish the manufacturing commu
nitv at large could have one glance at tn
beautifully made and kept cages which tn
Wheeler and Wilson Company uses. on
word for it, no one, who has a regular an
stimulated pattern Of an invention TO max
the year round. would ever be without sim
lar devices
Not only are these tests kept for the pui
,,,se of ,nsurinr accuracy in the forms OF th
,Tkin, narts. but fac-similes are also mad
Of ali the screws, from the largest to tf
smallest in their bodies, in their thread
and lastly in the distance from under u
head, to the poin, where the rounded t.
meet. the sides Since all the holes are drill
ed 10 Just such depth, as a matter OF cours
every screw must he Of a standard lengl
and sic, and W can readily sec, how !
conforming to tn" rules made for the gun
snc, of the contractors. the whole iscto
,,,rks as one f'rsin. Part after part 20
tbr,1srh the required operations, never cor
,,- hack from one machine to another,
cnfe-ing At ono end Of the room, and ~
ins the round nf all the tools in the Naiio
.terie-. bcinr finally carried into the inrIe'
ip- T.on,, iierc they are put together, te'
eli. ruu anI .,rproved. Indeed to such lenSt
l. the priuci,de OF order and regularity q
rie,l. that aiter leaving the workshops, I
vi.it,r f,rl- an irresistible inclination u II
exactly square aud true. and t. otherw
conform 10 lai'its nt regularity and ineth'
Thus II will b, .stn that these factories Ia
also a vast niolal influence which must
f..l; TO bc Appreciated.
After the bottom il laced. the ici ~ if'
l. then removed - another machine, cal
in mechanical larlanoe, nsiler 81 81
Icr this cut, out the recess ior ,hc ie
lar and rr,pr the plate faces. The n1 4
rcc,iye.s the i,,,t oi the cloth ProsScr or ir
and the squared faces at the Rack are o'
up,n another similar machine
The holes are drilled by what are cal
.ang drills that i one drill foreaeh Of as M