The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-11-03

Concrete tile become harder and
stronger with age and may be made
as porous as clay tile; In comparison
the clay tile becomes water-soaked
and disintegrates In the years Of SER
vice, thus causing broken tile and a
useless drain.
This is easily demonstrated by ia
King up concrete tile and clay tile that
have been imbedded in the ground:
while the former are as strong as one
could wish and lift easily, the clay
are brittle, and must be handled with
extreme care to prevent breakage.
Again. to employ vitrifed clay tile
Is to make drain that does not alb
sorb water from the soil except at the
joints; while concrete tile has all
the advantages Of being porous and
yet fully as strong as the best vitri-
fed tile.
The simple machine Illustrated with
this article may be built In any size
at slight cost. and will enable any
one to make the best quality OF con-
crete tile at a cost OF 90 cents rod
when made in the 4-inch size: II
cents rod for 5-inch: IS cents for
6inch; S1.10 for S-inch; $1s5 for o
inch: S1SS for 10.inch, and 1884 for
l2-inch tile.
The cost is based on sand at rs
cents cubic yard; cement at 81 per
barrel; labor at 81 a day. The tile
are made as strong as possible. using
one part cement to three parts OF the
gravel, which will give them all the
strength needed for any service.
The 4-inch tile are made three-quar-
tiers OF an inch thick; the g. 8. and g.
inch tile are made one inch thick; the
and l0inch are made ] 3-8 inches
thick. and the 12-inch III inches
thick.
In this manner you can estimate
the cost OF your drain and easily COM
pare with the cost of clay tile OF tho
same size
BY employing the proper methods
for handling concrete In the winter.
you may employ your spare time
during the winter in making this
much-needed article on the farm. and
thus save the cost of labor. which is
the greatest item in the above table
OF costs. averaging from a to n cents
per rod OF tile.
The machine explained In this arti-
Gle Is one making 6-inch tile, and
from this explanation any other tile
may be easily constructed.
box form is built OF two boards
is inches long and inches wide.
And two boards IS inches long and 10
inches wide. These are joined to.
gether to make a form, the inside
measurements being SKIS inches and
Is inches high.
Fasten these boards together with
two hinges at each OF three corners.
and the fourth corner fasten with
two hooks and eyelets as shown In
the illustration: this allows the ma.
chine to be folded back from the tile
without injury.
Now nail In each corner OF this box
some three-cornered or beveled strips
Is inches long. but nail to Just one
side of board only, Which will hold
them in place and yet allow the ma
chine to fold back from the work
easily.
For the core take 6tnch stove
pipe "a inches long and inside same
place a 6-inch board 30 inches long.
mailing securely as shown In the illus.
tration. The top OF this board is cut
to make handle 10 draw out the
core, as illustrated
The bottom is cut down to leave n
small three-quarters-of-an -inch projec.
ton or pin on same. which sets into
the holes bored In the pallet. thus In.
surfing the core being always In the
enter of tho form.
The pallets are made OF any boards
larger than the form used for mold.
Ing the tile, and In the center Ia bored
"A three-quarter-lnch hole to receive
the pin on tho bottom OIL the board In
he core.
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