The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

Tools are necessary here also. Here for
instance is a matching machine which
grooves one side, and tongues another in
a fash oftime, one man cutting the tongues
while another cuts the grooves.
In the east end of the third story a
number of workmen are employed in shap-
ing the sheet iron work necessary for an
improved Aultman & Taylor Thresher.
A great portion of the Improved Thresher
is lined with sheet iron, otherwise it would
wear out rapidly. Here the shaker, riddle
frame and cylinder caps are put up, and
here the iron is fitted to the shaker.
In a corner of the west end of the third
floor we find the pattern room, and in it a |
large double headed lathe. Lathes appear
to be abundant in the west end of the
third floor. In the opposite corner is the
model room, in which we stumble across
the first universal milling machine it has
been our fortune to examine. (In this
connection We may explain that with a
few exceptions, the tools employed IN
Aultman q Taylor's mammoth establish
ment are principally Putnam's make, or
from ~Fltchburg, Mass, establishments cell
ebTated for the excellence and superiority
of their products) The milling machine
alluded to will cut at any angle or bevel,
cuts out the twist in drills, and every des-
cription of spur or screw gear. In short,
1t comprehends all the requisite bearings
and adjustments essential to the finish of
the most exact machinery.
Passing through the main west room
again, We observe a number ofsmall drills,
a lathe for tapering nuts and cutting bolts,
n a number of vises. An elevator at
hand drops us down noiselessly to
THE MACHINE SHOP
Proper, which occupies a portion of the
first or ground floor of the building we are
exploring. And it is such a machine shop
as might reflect credit upon a manufactur-
ing city, with its frst-class tools and first
class workmen. Four medium sized
lathes, a seven foot planer, two chuck
lathes, lone large and one medium sized,
for boring out all the small wheels and
pulleys, employed in horse power gear, as
well as the heavy work, such as turning
out the company's patterns, one powerful
punching and shearing machine for punch
ing holes IN cylinder bars, slaves, &c, two
large drill presses, a machine that bores
i've holes at one, a slotting machine usu-
ally employed for cutting key ways in
shafts, two small drills, a small and large
bolt cutter, a dozen vises, and a small
planer, go to make up an array of tools
capable of turning out on short notice
anYthlngl IN the shape Of general machinery.
Here. as IN the wood department, Put
MANS tools predominant.
At hrst glance the amount Of iron work
IN an improved thresher does not seem a
matter of magnitude, but a cursory ex-
animation reveals an amount of turning.
shaping, filing, boring, punching and fit
ting, which, were it done to order in an
ordinary machine shop, would cost double
the price of an improved thresher. The
great gain noticeable here is, the greatfact
that everything centers upon and con-
verges to the production of a speciality.
n Hence it is that the workers in wood.
numbering l8, and the workers in iron,
numbering nearly as many, with hundreds
Of the best tools invented, to aid them, are
enabled to produce an article at a com
paratively small cost. To put il in plain
English, thee hundred skilled workmen
are thus enabled to turn out as much work
as two thousand could accomplish by
hand. Next there is Tttbto
THE FORGE ROOM
: With its ten FORCES constantly lit up, each
forge furnishing employment to two men
One forge Is devoted exclusively to the
, manufacture of bolts, which employs two
/! sets of workmen constantly. All the iror
work belonging to the separators and hors,
power is shaped here. The anvil choru,
: you may be sure is pretty strong, anC
about as well rendered, in apractical way
as 1t is possible to execute 1t. Altogether
the forge room is about the farthest re-
: move from an ordinary blacksmith shoI
; that one could well imagine. We are no
done with the iron workers, however
q There is
e - THE FOUNDRY
To be visited, which with its eight to,
: cupola, and thirty operatives is placed un
der tribute for all the castings consume
N the establishment, no inconsiderabl
item, as the result viii show. The cupol
IS supplied with McKenzie's patent blower
n the greater portion of the TASKS are iron
: the floor is ample, the core room and cor
n oven a credit to any foundry. A separat
department is devoted solely to the pro
n duction of all work moulded on cards.
= SETTING Up THE MACHINES.
Having gone the rounds of the shops
we are naturally curious to witness tn
n various processes brought to our noticc
Il We retrace our steps to the second foo
Of the first building explored, in the eas
,r end of which workmen are employed i
getting up the machines. The variou
parts are brought here in piles, fitted to
d gether, placed on the elevator at the eas
end of the building, and lowered TO th
=, first floor. Here the cylinders are laid Of
T. that Is to say properly set, the spikes In
serted, taken back to the proper depart
e ment to have the journals turned off, the
brought here, balanced and subjected to
severe test. They are then fitted to Ii
machines, geared up, and the machine
thoroughly tested, when it is ready for
II HI PAINT SHOP
4 The saying that "a little paint goes
Sc long way" does not seem TO be verified
8, Aultman & TayloTs establishment. III
concern employs on an average twent
he painters, and consumes paint to the valU
a of$l2,000 annually. Asa matter of couri
this includes the running gear, and in
t. -portant item in the thresher.
THE WAGON sHoP
Is an establishment in itself equalling
an its dimensions the general paint shop
,T portion of the wheels being painted in
In separate DEPARTMENT. Much of the woI
e ordinarily accomplished by hand is pc
is formed by machinery in the general woo
K working department, and afterwar.
10 brought here to be fitted together. In Il
at matter OF nuDSJ IOr instance, the toundl
"A furnishes these, the cast iron hubs makll
sr a neat finish, and proving stronger al
il more durable than wood. In short, {
cb may be said that a portion of the runnil
es gear Is brought here to be fitted togetht
ss while other parts are made entirely !
We hand. Having seen the improved TIRES
re er made, and painted handsomely, we fC
ee 10" ITO ga sfHEW W1'H@
THE WAREHOUSE,
an immense building, capable of storing
thousand threshers The warehouse 81
ployed by Aultman & Taylor ct Man
In field, is the largest in the world, used +
no storing agricultural implements, situat
sd in such q manner that the Atlantic a
: Great Western Division Of the Ene R. ]
ve the P. F. ". & C. R! R., and the Bal
ms more & Ohio R. r. flake Erie Division
all run directly into It, sffording shippi
v facilities such as are not possessed by a
4 other manufacturing establishment in {
country. One of the most enlivenedseen
to be Witnessed is the loading Of I
he threshers upon the cars for their vario
destinations throughout every part Of t
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