Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-04-30
Comparison of Tin Plate and Sheet Making
of Today and SIS Years Ago

Neither the sheet or tin mills had
wheels on their screws as we have to-
day. The sheet mills had four small
spanals one on each corner of the
| square which square was placed on the
square of the screw. So when break
ing down, (or as some call it ranghieyI
DOWN the pair heater would run one
side and the raugher the other side.
Marked win chalk hoy to run the
screws or it is done today on the wheel
by the roller. The wheel is a grea
improvement on the screws in sheet
and tin mills. Those kind of mills
we're not made in England and Wales.
But was working here in this vicinity
good money if you remember the old
| jumper at the Etna Steel Mills at
Etnaville, Ohio. Well it was them
kind of mills, all the sheet mills in my
younger days, and / rolled on the old
Jumper the Etna, "a years ago. And
! in mills had tow pair of rolls to work
| on, one pair to break down the iron
and run over some of it as it required
some times to do so, so as to keep the
two pairs to work in uniform, that is
If the finishing pair was working hol-
low. All the iron was run over and
finished on the finishing rolls, but If
the finishing roll was working full, the
first part wasfun over in the breaking
down rolls. The roller in those dogs
had to understand his two pairs of
rolls perfectly to keep his mill work
ing right. And to have his work fin
ished nice and fiat, that his work may
open well and have no westers. And
rollers were turned in the thousands
In all mills them days. And l must
say here, that with and exception, the
roll turning as it was done then in
the thausing was always done.
And what makes it look great is, 1t
was all guess work The rolls was
kept straight on top one another with
the screws down tight, then when the
roll-turner or his helpers, one, two or
more of his rollers was about through
turning, they would have few annealed
sheets cut up into small screws about
two inches wide and double them up so
that they would be double the thick
ness. Then they would put them
through the rolls, and by the impress
sion made on this screw by the rolls
especially on the behring's the balltur-
ner knew whether or not the rolls
were turned proper to do its week 81
work. The boatt pairs of rolls were
turned every Sunday, if necessary to-
turn the boat, on the finishing rolls
in tin mills in Wales also in Englnad,
hey had fined pins Cor screws), there
were no side brasses on tops or bottom
rolls as we have here. The top and
bottom brasses was half round, similar
to what they have on the cold rolls
here In this country, so to set your
rolls you did it by turning the back
screws UP or down as was needed to-
place your rolls where they would
work best to suit the work you was
doing, your mill by this method was
never crossed, you could KEEP your rolls
perfect on top of one another giving
you the best advantage to turn out
good work. And must say here that
good work was turned out without ex-
ception everywhere, for the men was
all skilled at their jobs from the catch
er to the roller No one was allowed
to come In the mills and learn there
The cold roll boy wen to catch. che
catcher went to heat. The heater went
to double and doubler went to roll.
So you see all tin workers was nurs-
ed up TO their jobs, and, when he be-
came roller, he was practical man
at his work before the rolls.