The Columbus journal., 1885-12-16

lure must be, The sign signifies almost
everything. from '.Do yoa take me %
be fooliS to -..I don't ddite believe
hat story" When skilfully used. It
often leads to . great reduction a
prices.-SGturddy Revies0.
MAKING NAILS.
The Process Traced from the Ore - tAs
Flashed Nails n the Ksy.
Upon entering the works the fnt
thing which strikes one i the arrsnge-
ment Of the pudding furnaces. they
being built % q to form . hollow
Each furnace is donble-thst
il. ons stack y divided into TIVE psrts.
making two pudding furnaces. In
the space within the square il placed
the '.squsezsr." the train Of rolls. and
the engine. which latter furnishes the
power to drive the machinery and sup
plies the blast for the furnaces. The
is brought from the blast fur
nsce In cars and carts. and at . certain
place il broken in halves. weighed and
sppostioned to the puddlorA The iroa
d placed into the furnaces. . blast Of
hot mir is driven over it BY mean Of .
fan. and a. it melts. tho puddaer stirs it
continually with q long iron instrument
called q puddle tool" This process Il
kept up until every vestige Of lmpurity
has been driven out. Then the work
man gradually cools down his furnace
by damping the tire. being careful to
note the consistency Of the mass. Then
he rolls 1t into . ball shape. with
draws it from the furnace. aad
by means OF . pondereus pair
OF tongs running freely on An
overhead railway conveys it TO the
.squeezer. q piece Of mechanism worth
In former times the sQueezee
the jaws OF . monster crOco-
die. from which it derived it, name
Now the apparatus is called . ''cotee-
mill s~queezer." and. indeed. it looks
very much Ike a big coffee mill. The
ball is tossed into a s~queczor. which
seizes it and sends it rolling around and
around. the space becoming narrower
as the outcome is approached When
at last the mass emerges it has taken
the shape Of a roll of cotton batting. A
man on the lookout" for it grssps it
with tongs, and the overhead rigging il
again brought into play to carry the
bloom" a it is now called. TO the
rolls. The rolls arc constructed with
numerous grooves graduated 70 tho
size of the bar desired to be made. Tho
bloom" has now gone through the
public rolls and is fiat. say four inches
wide, three-Quarters Of An inch thick.
and twelve feet long; tits termed pud-
die or muck bar. When used for nail
making it must be cut into short lengths
of . foot. These are pied in . certain
manner. weighed and taken to . sec
ond department, the sheet mill"
This mill has within it several
heating furnaces and two trains Of
rolls-one to break down the pile
and another to finish tho sheet.
The heaters arrange the piles Of iron
on tho furnaces precisely - . baker
does bis loaves in the over When it II
sufficiently heated it is conveyed By
means of the ever-usetul overhead rail
way to tho rolls. there to be again
hattened and drawn int long thin
sheets. Now We have come to the nail
factory. The sheets are taken to tho
Sitter" who cuts them into different
sizes, As the kind of nails desired 10 b
made requires. The nail-plates are
then packed in numbered boxes to DO
delivered to the nail cutters. The larger
sized nails are cut hot, and for the pur-
pose of heating the plates . furnace is
at hand in charge of q man whose
business it is to supply the nailers with
iron. Now we have reached the last
process of this rather intricate manu-
facture. We hear tho busy hum of
one hundred and twenty machines
which in the course of eleven hours cut
one thousand one hundred kegs Of nails.
An invention of recent date which at
one time threatened to revOlutiOnize
the cutting of nails. has been intro
duced in this factory. 1t 10 called .
self feeder. but As it only cuts middle
sizes the trade of the nail-feeder il not
yet jeopardized.
The ingenious machines arc almost
human in their working. An attend
ant takes mp a nail-plate. prizes open
the stiff jaws of his nippor1. places one
end of the plate within. and by . skill
full thrust has set the machine going.
1t certainly is more accurate In its ac-
ton than any feeder can be. One per-
son can. If dilligent. attend two self
feeding machines. Each machine con-
sists Of a cutting knife. . head n8
machine. bed-plate, fywheel. and splilt
and miss-cut separator.
There is another process to be told
about, and that Is blueing. This ID
done in an inclined revolving cylinder.
pierced with holes. and kept ct . dull
red heat The nails arc poured In u
the elevated end. and. - they slowly
roll down the incline. take on the pretty
blue tint we have 50 often admired. The
nails are now taken to the packer"
who weighs them, packing one hundred
pounds in each keg. The packing Il
done by means of q machine which. BY
an ingenious application Of mechanics,
has a vertical as well as a revolving
motion. The keg is placed between the
knees of the packer" and as it dances
up aud down. he gradually fills il from
a lase iron wei9bing-scoop. -Th( kes
is nov tined oder 70 tho ksaeer, Mhc
deftly inserts the Acad. sapp1ies The lpp
hoops. drives a nail here and there fHto
the chimes. gives it . whiEl. and away
it goes to the brander. who numbers Il
and stencils the firms name and trade.
mark And now our nails are sent 4
the warehouse to be put into car -
tined for every part OF our own country,
and. indeed. as far of - AustrsliA-
Mining Engineer.
CRABS AND oYsTgnA
New York Gourmsnds VIII Doase Knpv
Good Th'ng When They . III
New Workers consider that thew knoQ
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