West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-11-28
SHOP SAVINGS.
How Much May be Saved hy Judlcious At
tcntion to Little Things.

'ehhoh 10 idttic Ihings.
A very suggestive sight was witnessed
a short time ago in visit To larrc
manufactory of machinery and tools.
The outlet To the sink had been closed.
and the large drain pipes had to be re-
moved and clcanSed. The result of that
cleaning was surprise 10 the pro-
pT+rtors, although it was not so To at
least some of the workmen. Ifa list of
the articles found in the drain pipes and
at their outlet in the tail race was made
1t would be almost like an inventory of
the small parts used i'm the manufac-
lures of the establishments There were
hundreds of pieces of broken files. taps.
rcamerS, drills. parts of machines and
tools spoiled in the working. and "A
wagon load of cotton waste. The water
closets had hccn used ~ convenient
'catchallS.' scrap heaps and glory
holes How much the establishment
had lost in this way could not readily
bc estimated, as much of it must have
been swept away by the stream and
much of it buried out of sight
Ii is surprising how much may be
saved in the shop by judicious attention
to little things and by handy appliances
for saving. An establishment that
works up brass and iron in about equal
proportions for more than a year mixed
the drillingS, turnings, and filings of
both metals indiScriminately and DUNN
ed them out of doors as useless rubbish
to bc got rid of 4 separating machine
was suggested, and now one of the pro-
prictorS declares that it paid for its cost
within three weeks. IL Is sclf-opcratin0.
requiring only the occasional supply of
the chips and the removal of those al
ready separated. The mixed chips pass
through trough i'm thin stream be-
fore revolving cylinder composed of
horseshoe magnets; the brass chips
drop I'm front into "A box, and the iron
and steel chips are carried on the mag
nets To the under side, and are brushed
of by fixed brushes into another box.
Before being separated, these mixed
chips were worthless; after being scpa-
rated the iron chips had "a marketable
value, and the brass chips value ten
times as great
In large manufactory of machine
screws, where two barrels of oil "A day
ls not an uncommon amount TO Use. If
all the machines were supplied afrcsh
three-iifths of this amount sometimes
morc-is saved for further use. This is
done by small centrifugal machine
The chips, soaking in oil, are dipped
into the little cup-shaped receiver, the
cover closed, the belt started. and the
oil comes in an almost invisible horizon
tai sheet against the sides of the envcl-
oping pan and runs into tank ready
for use. The chips are cleaned so near
ly that they barely soil the hands.
In certain machine shop worn out
and broken files are placed i'm n trans
verse holder ON the grindstonc frame.
held against the face of the stone by
springs. given traverse by belt and
spiral cam. and the result is bits of
smooth steel just adapted for forging, to
boring oar cutters and KEYS. with a
further result of keeping the stone trucd.
In brass manufactures there is un-
avoidablc waste of the metals i'm the
scori@ of the melting furnaces. in the
rolling mill department, and the wire
drawing. Whatever of this waste. with
the sweepings, can be gathered is put
into large mortars and subjected to the
impact Of pivoted pestlcs until the
whole Is pounded TO dust Then il is
hoated in a running stream of water
through a chute over RIFLES. which
catch the heavy metallic particles and
allow the lighter trash to pas, Off The
metallic residuum, packed in crucibles
with luted covers, gives back profit
able percentage of solid brass TO be re-
used.-SctcRtiFc AmcricaH.