The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-11-22

The wire is of the size suitable for orlina
nv pins, and the first thing required is t.
stralghten it, This is done by placing it OF
reel, whence it is passed between fifteen o
twenty polished steel rollers, arranged mucl
| like the KEYS of a violin, the last two beinl
placed together, so that us the wire passc
out from between them it becomes perfectly
straight, and is wound loosely on immcns'
spools These spools are hung on pegs unit
| they are wanted at the machines. They arr
then placed on IA standard, and the thread o
wire conducted into the machine. The frs
thing which this ingenious little automator
does is to cut the wire the required length
In moment aftcrward the pin falls into
vessel mt the bottom, complete TO describe
the process by which this is accomplished
would take more time than is required t,
manufacture enough pins to last an ordinary
family five wears Almost at the instant tina
the wire is cut, u little hammer flying in anC
out so fast that it can hardly he discerniblc
strikes it square on the end, and literally
quits a head on it." Another finger pushc>
it sideways on a smooth plane under mum
| Der of "Cuttcrs" 50 arranged that the lowc'
half of the pins are rolled swiftly underneath
them to the extreme right of the machines
These cutters make about 1000 revolutions ,
minute, and are 30 constructed as to poin
the pins while they hurry them toward the
receiver. Looking at the lows of pins com
| ing swiftly over the iron apron one is puz
zlcd to know what suddenly becomes Of them
They are constantly approaching but never
reaching you. But at the end where the line
terminates is a tin spout, and So quickly dc
the pins disappear into this, that one does
not see what becomes Of them until close
scrutiny reveals it, At the end of the spout
are small tin vessels holding a quart or so
land beside them large vessels The small
| pans are used to first receive the pins in or
| der that If the machines get to working badly
and making imperfect articles, the fact may
be discovered before they have become mix
ed with larger quantities, which would neccs
state the rejection of all in the same vessel
When the pins drop into these pans they are
rs before indicated, complete so far as the
form Is concerned, but they are not yet
ready for market by any means They are
taken into another room where are two large
revolving casks These casks are partially
filled with saw dust, and into them is also
emptied bushel or two of pins. After a
thorough shaking up here the pins and saw
dust together are taken to still another room
where they are run through a tanningmill
so much like one used for cleaning grain
that a casual observer would not note the diff
terence. Having been separated from the
sawdust here they are carried to large tanks,
into the bottom of which are placed pcrtorat.
ed blocks of tin. Alternate layers of pins
and tin blocks are placed in these tanks until
they are filled, when the whole mass Is boiled
by steam. This gives them the silver color
noticed, and is a sort of galvanizing process,
which keeps them from coroding When
taken out of these tanks they are emptied in
no Iar nj tbnu rp
again taken to the revolving casks, where
they go through the process of polishing and
drying, and then through the tanning mill
again. They are now ready for the papers,
and are taken to Il room presided over by
young ladies, each of whom has a formida-
bic looking machine at her side looking
like a cross between pair of COuntCrsCacs
and loom. About two feet above the table
where the operator sits is a hopper filled
with pins, and shaken by machinery like the
hopper il a flouring-mill. The pins are
shaken out of this hopper on
to an inclined iron plane with a groove in
the center just large enough to permit all but
the head of the pin TO fall through This
plane, with the groove in the middle reaches
downward TO an iron rack, on which are in
donations just large enough to receive the
pins. This rack is moved on a lever, and as
it Is pushed along, at the end of the groove
containing the pins shaken out of the hopper
a row Of them fall into the indcntations on
the rack A movement Of the lever throws
the rack to the left of the plane, and directly
over strip of paper designed to receive
them. The movement of another lever drives
the row of pins quietly and evenly through
the ridges on the paper, and the process is
again repeated OF course all this is done in
Il moment. If we count briskly, ore, two,
three, and calculate Il row of pins for every
time we utter three" we have a pretty good
idea Of the time required for this part Of the
work Having got the pins in the paper,
nothing remains but to fold and pack them,
when they are ready for markct.-Cor. Chi-
,aaO IHter.OrcaR.