Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-02-13
\ Hint for Apprentices 4

Edward G. was one OF the brightes.
apprentice boys that / ever saw. He
was a born mach mist, with bis
thoughts CONSTANTLY on his Work. the
day seemed all too short for him.
Many things came to him by intuition,
but If they did not, he always asked the
why of everything. When he had fin
ished a job he knew all there was 10 te
known about that job, and facts and
ideas he gathered up In this way be
carefully assorted i'll hls mind ready
for future reference.
One time standing by and watching
an ''old jour- block the back end OF a
boring tool, with a cold chlsel and two
pieces of old file, to keep it from
swinging around from a heavy cut he
SAID 81 should think it would be
good idea II a man could have some
ing inside the hole for the tool to slide
on and then it would aot swing
around
That's like some of your fool re-
marks" said the "iour." You had
better get up something for the end of
the tool to slide on"
81 rather think l vii, - replied Ed.
Soon after this Ed got permission
from the foreman to work evenings on
a boring rig of his own design for the
two inch lathe The first thing he did
WAS to make pair of cutter bars
slotted about inches from one end for
double ended cutters: this end was
turned down to the size of the small
end OF the lathe centre; the other end
was fitted to the tail spindle. Next he
made a long bushing to fit the live
spindle which was bored to fit the
straight portion of the cutter bars.
Els rig was ready for bus ness, and
driving the bushing into the live spin
die and the cutter bar into the tail
spindle he run a rough cut through the
hole and then changed the bar for the
| one with the finishing cutter. This
was fed through little faster, making
a round, straight hole with two cuts
aud with a cOarSer feed than "Ol
! Jour- had ever seen in his life. The
foreman was so well pleased with Eds
work that ne completed the job Ed had
| began by putting power feed on the
ia / spindle.
In devising a means of holding up
both ends of the boring tool Ed hit on
| a point that has been missed by nearly
every maker of turret and chuckiug
| lathes. Most of them are so made that
with a boring bar supported at both
| enuS, land all DOrlng DdrS ShOuld De.
hole exceeding 4-seconds In depth
can not be bored. A turret slide on a
| 2O-seconds' turret lathe should have
not less than 3O-seconds in the box
With most turrets tool must be used
which, like sore finger, will dodge
every lump or hard spot making
straight work nearly impossible.
Since the TIM Ed designed his Dor
ing rig he has learned that 1t was only
a crude affair after all, but goes OF
getting new rigs for expeditIng ma
chine shop work. 1 met him enc DAY
last spring. He has good position il
one of the largest machine shops il
this country. Had he been content t
learn the trade as most boys do, h'
would simp,y have become in time
good lathe hand instead of drawing
salary that will hire three good lam
hands. There has been ne luck in hi
case and he got no more show THAI
any other boy in the shop. but he tooi
ih the show he did get. To become
machinist was his highest ambition bu
he determined to be thorough one j
any, and he has succeeded; he learDe'
how to do work, and found the woTl
ready to pay for that work and pa
well.