The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

Every one who has had mn ooDor+nn;tv
TO employ different kinds m workmen to
assist him In the construction Of novel ma
chinsry, viii agree with IN that he aIvavs
had the leaat trouble with the blachsmiths
As ciA.s OF wOrkmsn they generally pos
ssss the best Judgment, win not misunder-
stand the directions given, which ia 20
often the case with other wOrkmen. and
they have the special facalty Of possessing
good eye for symmetry Of form. They
wln Judge by the eye alone, quite correci.
II an angle In right, circle round. etc
inns latter faculty Ia . result of their train
ing While the carpenter lays his square
ON the work, and marks it of beforehand
the blacksmith most ordinarily makes his
right angels by sight, and can only rasort 10
the square to see If he was correct.
LIN regard TO utility for social progress.
the buslneas OF blacksmith stands foremost
What would tbs moat uaeful of all produc-
ers, the farmer be, svsnin his most prim-
tive state. without the blacksmith 10 maka
A 3eeh with WHICH M meRks a. 5oIl 4
f1oss nPess4Mt asSt1ks of tke cafpen-
ter, mason, and others-even of the honae-
keePer-are due to the labors Of the black
smith. No wonder, then, that the name
OF him who tradition says to be the first
worker of metals, the first blacksmith
Twbal KGin, il kept M q sacred name
among the ancient and venerable order of
Free Masons.
1t has been noticed that at the present
day few young men care TO learn that
trade the cause is that it requires SO much
hard, muscular labor Thousands prefer.
therefore, to become machinists, A then
they have all sorts Of mechanical tools 10
shape their work, without the hard labor
with nmble hammer and sledge, and also
thAt as machlnlsts they can, in this thriv-
ing country, lind always more ready en-
ployment than in the blacksmiths trade.
La fact, the occupation of machinists in At
the present day the foundation OF most all
other trades, as we owe to it the invention
OF many tools which facilitate labor Of All
kinds. For instance, the power blower
either centrifugal or positive, has nearly
everywhere superseded the blowing Nv
hand the power drills replace hand-drili-
ing and the power punches are. again.
q tme-saVlng improvement on this the
large power shears do with the greatest
ease such work a. would require great
enort and much time to accomplish in the
old way. Without the appliances invented
oy the mechanics of the present age, we
would indeed have no steamboats, rail
roads, or steam power the ingenuity of
inventors, In attempting to supply the
wants OF the present race Of men. has. In
1act, created the machinist trade and this
by inventing the forge hammer driven by
steam, and other similar inventions. auc-
ceeded IN shaping masses which no sledpe
hammer could manage. 1t was thus dem
onstrated what bold conceptions could
practically be realized, and this in turn
stimulated inventors and capitalists to ex-
pand their ideas, and 60 on in conceiving
and supporting the most gigantic projects.
which our forefathers would have consid.
cred impossible Of execution, but which
our mechanical engineers have practically
realized, and in persisting 70 do 90. con
tnually surpass their own former efforts.
Witness the colossal steam engines and
steamships Of the present day, the making
of gigantic tunnels and railroads. the build
ing Of the most colossal bridges. the blast
ing out of the rocky bottoms Of entrances
to harbors, etc
Also in small, but not less useful. mat
ters, the inventive genius of the machin-
lst IN eminently active ut the present day.
not only in regard to the saving of labor
and time, but also in saving expenses for
diverse pieces Of machinery, by contrivinQ
q machine to do the labor Of two or more
distinct ones.
The preceding articles on forging bolts
ls IN illustration in this line. We recon-
mend its Perusal to all interested in this
llne OF business. - ManNfdcturer and
Bladder.