Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-04
4 TALK ABOUT TIN.
u. OUAO'S INSTRUCTIVE LECTURE
70 THE ECTS
Preparation OF the Tlate-A Trip Through
the stamping Conpany's Factory
Not So slow a. the Soldering
Process Notes



Of it is as common As dirt, as many OF the
utensils OF everyday u.e ara male OF il.
Save iron there is IL other one metal brought
into such gen raj use. and yet you may ask
huni men hand-running what tin Is
without re ,siving a correct answer. What
is it! TIE tn OF everyday Use, my boy, is
mostly what you may call sheet-iron polished
up. These metal sheets which shine like
polished silver are black enough under tina
surface. Every sheet of tin coming into this
country, and most OF the tin used in the
world, Is ship2si from Wales. Cornwall
Is the great center, and right there Provi-
dence placed all the material necessary Tor
making the tin Of commercs-iron, coal
and TIN orc.
The iron, after being duly prepared. Is
rolled into sheets just the thickness OF tho
tin you see at the tinsmith's, AMI is cut in
regular sizss. Tine tin orc is melted tho same
as iron, an / while it is in liquid state tho
plates Of sheet iron arc dippsi into it and
then run betwsoa iron rollers, which smooth
them of. The plates, ore and rollers mus,
all he kept hot, and you may believe that
this part OF the work is terribly trying on
the mon. After the plates pas the rollers
they ara polished b, being fed through
male ready for packing.
Lets take little trip through the stamp
inS company factory and post ourselves
bit. Here is great room full Of men and
women and curiou; machinery, but before
wo so in let Us look into tho system OF
management a little An enormous quantity
of tin must be usel hero each week, ani
s.ltloIt some careful system to govern all
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work. then, TO great extent, is given out
by the piece. A workman is instructed to
MAKE, say, 20J wash-boilers II is known in
the Office exactly what materials he will
need, and he is given an order on tine keeper
OF tie stock-rooIn for So many sheets Of tin,
many Of stamped copper bottoms, 50
much wire. 50 many handles, SO much
solder. When his lot OF boilers is finished
his stock is accounted for 10 penny's worth
and there has been no waste.
You may have picked up seamless pie:ir
ami wondered how it could be made in that
manner. Here Is the machine which does
it. 1t Is solid and compact, and meant to
exert great pressure. On what may be
called tue lower jaw OF the machine is
fiat iron bed; in the center Of this is steel
mold, or, rs you may call it, steel pie lin
tain size, being an inch larger Oh ali sides
than the pis-v,: l. is laid On this steel
Woll, and, the machine works, steel
heal il presssl down into the mold ami
turns the tin up ON every side 1t is taken
oat an almost perfect pie-tin, only needing
10 have the edges presssl down by another
machine to be ready for market Wills |
have been telling You how the one tin wa,
made the machins has turned out hun
dre,l
All the salves which you buy OF the drug
gist are put up in tin boxes Here is one Of
tho very few machines in the United States
which make them. TIE principle is the same
as the other. and as you realize the economy
practiced you can't help but feel astonishcI
Ask IA tinsmith to make you box to hold two
ounces of salve and he must take his compass
AMI mark at the top and bottom and cut
them with the shears. He must then cut his
size pieces, bend them in a machine All US,
his soldering iron. 1t Will tax. a smart
workman from twenty minutes c. hal, an
our TO finish your box, and no matter how
handy he l., there viii be certain rough
hes in his work
Now watch this machine \ workman
takes piece Of tin cut to certain width
and feels il in on the mold, the stesl head
come, down with click, and one half your
box drops to the floor. Tbs next blow drops
the other half and the box is made. except
that tho lower half i. taken IN hand by al
other machine which mills the edges aai
prevents the cover from slipping down TOO
far This machine turns out $500 boxes
per day, with the leas. possible vast, in ma
teriaL Fifty tinsniths could not do its
work
You may have discovered that a wire i
run around the edges Of the larger articles Of
tinware, such rs pals, dish pans and boilers
Where these articles are make Of sheet metal
there Is n ncei Of il, but when stamped from
tin the wire is put in u render them sitter
Gni stronger. The tinsInith measures a piece
from his col o: wire. files it off, and then
bends il in a circle a we'll as be can by his
imperfect machinery. III, only way ne can
straighten pisce Of wire Is b. hninnsring,
and using his eye guide.
Here is a machine wnich works faster than
a hundred tinkc-s Tue wire is taken OF a
reel, Strengthened, Gu; in any length. ami
ben; Ia any shape desired faster than you
can count and no mi ,;ake, are made
In the making OF cups, kerosene cans, tea
and coffee pots. dlpiers AMI few other
articles with handles, the soldering iron
must come into play, but basins. pans. cups
Wa ,h-,iishes ani pie-tins can be stamped AM
Inalo ready for market with Q rapidity 10
astoni,h you All the ware in which seams
have had 10 lie closed with solder are sent 70
ti.e Easement when finished Down there is
4 tank OF hot water, and every article /,
{ Tc,i down into this aai held for few
: - detect any leak which, the solder
ing ircn may have left behind Il
An hour III such factory a. this is worth
a month in sny school in the lanI All such
the great machine shopS-al
the locomotive works, -four mills and pack
Inc houses are open for the inspection Of any
hoy who earnestly seeks FOR Information, and
the lad who remains in Ignorance II the
things Il every day life has only himself TO
blame