Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-01
Care of Hand Tools and Machinery.

EVERY one who is competent to handle /
tools of any sort, or to manage machinery, |
should be taught to keep every working
part in complete order. Beginners should /
be instructed that it is quite as important
to understand how to keep tools and ma
chinery from being damaged as it is to
handle them with deXterity and mechani-
cal efficiency. One of the first lessons
that beginner should be familiar with, is
the fact that edge tools and many kinds of
machinery may be damaged more by a
little carelessness and neglect than by all
the wear and tear incident to use for many
weeks or even months. When scale OF
rust is allowed to form on edge tools,
more steel will often be used up by grind.
ing away the rusted surface, than would
be worn out during one or two years The
polished bearings of machinery should
| always be kept in the most complete order.
| If one side of bearing is allowed to rust
only a trihe, the rusty surface will COM
mence cutting the box, or the box swill
wear away the rusty side of the bearing
so rapidly that it will be round on one
side and more elliptical than round on
the side that was allowed TO rust.
A great many intelligent persons do not
understand the immense difference there
is between lubricating oils, lard and tai
low. We have known persons who were
accustomed to use machinery To employ
linseed oil, in lieu Of machine oil. The
result was, every bearing soon became
badly "gummed up" so that the machin-
cry run hard, the journals soon became
so hot that no oil would operate as lubri.
Gator. One Of the most important con-
siderations in using machinery is to keep
the bearings properly protected from the
dust and grit that is liable to enter where
the oil is applied, which will not only
make the journals run hard, but cut the
boxes, or the bearings, or both, thus doing
immense damage in a short time.
A great many joiners having never
taken lesson In the care of edge tools, al
, ways spread their tools around about them
in extreme confusion. When working at
the bench, saws, drawing'knife, planes,
hammers, squares, rules, nails, screws and
shavings frequently cover the bench from
end to end, so that the saw-teeth are often
battered against the hammer, the edge OF
the jointer is dulled badly by being plac'
ed on nail, the cutting edge of the draw
ing-knife receives an unceremonious
whack, and the brad-awl, screw-driver, or
some small chisel gets covered up, so that
more time is really expended in looking
up some little tool than would be required
to keep the bench clear of everything, and
to have place for each tool and keep it
there. 1t is the predominating character
istic of not a few joiners, to have the floor
literally covered from end to end and side
to side, with lumber consisting of boards,
? plank, pieces, chips and shavings. When
at Ithaca, a friend accompanied us
E through one of the public buildings of the
{ far-famed Cornell University; and the
spacious room where the builders were at
work, presented an impressive represen-
tation of superlative confusion. Wagon
loads of pieces Of boards, scantling, chips
and shavings, saw-horses and tools were
! scattered prOmiscuously over the work
/ benches and the entire floor,
The following remedy may be adopted
f with immense satisfaction. Let Il board
| be nailed up over the bench, into which
, let several pegs be driven for holding diff.
} ierent tools. Near the rise, let the draw,
r ing knife hang on its own peg, and if it
r is used sixty times per hour, return il to
its respective peg, instead of laying it on
the bench. Let all the saws hang where
, one can reach any one conveniently
} Then, if saw is to be used only a few
: seconds at a time, and many times pei
3 hour, let il be returned to its peg, rather
than laid down. BY adopting this prac
tice, one will soon become so accustomed
to have place for every tool and to KEEP
it there, that he will not know where Ia
I look for u tool, if he does not find ii in its
C own proper place. About two feet from
a the front side of the workbench, let two
! cleats, say half an inch thick, be secured
a on the top of the bench, on which let tho
e planes be placed, when they are not in
s actual use Then, provide a rack fol
S chisels and bits, and let each one have al
appropriate place, so that 1t will be easy
| 4, Il, tI. ~ Hind
9 folded Besides these things, keep tht
/ lumber off the floor especially from I
J, generous area around about the bench
! and provide bench brush, or small
Il broom, and keep the bench clean and tn,
I; shop well swept, at least once per day
Il Two minutes per day appropriated I,
$ clearing up and brushing up, will not fai
G to be spent in the most satisfactory man
a ner.-Anlericdn Builder.