Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-07-03
MACHINES SPOUT
SHELLS AND GUNS
Monster Creations of Steel and
Concrete to Help Crush
Kaiser.
SOLVES THE SPEED PROBLEM
Lathe Turns and Bores Shells With
Extreme Rapidity-Giant PIaner
First Metal Working Machine
Built of Concrete and Iron.

Chicago.-While the entire country
has been clamoring for quicker action
in furnishing munitions for war pur-
poses, Chicagoans have been quietly
solving the problem Of how to produce
, the maximum number of big guns and
shells in the shortest possible time.
AS a result, Chicago has become an
active center for the manufacture Of
machinery for smashing Won linden
burg's defenses.
The first Of the newly invented
machines being made here is lathe
| which turns and bores shells with ex-
IRENE speed. The second is a machine
for boring big guns of any size or
length, and the third is a planer Of
record-breaking size. The planer is
built of concrete and iron and is the
first Woodworking machine that has
ever been built Of that combination.
It is the biggest machine Of it's kind in
the world.
These machines are so unusual in
construction, and can be built with
such speed that the methods Of manu-
facture have attracted wide attention
among experts.
Saves Two Years Delay.
Machinery used for war purposes
formerly was made SO slowly that 1t
would be impossible to supply with 1t
the present demand for quick con-
struction. An attempt to build the
big planer of iron, according to regu-
lation methods, would have meant
delay Of at least two years.
The machine for boring guns is 80
feet long and weighs 60 tons. But 1t
can be placed In the mammoth planer,
which has a bed 1874 feet long and
weighs much more than 100000
pounds.
The inventor of the machines IS
Lucien L Yeomans, nephew Of Grover
Cleveland. He is the only machinist
the family has produced since the
days when one Of his ancestors made
muskets for the Revolutionary army.
-Four OF the big planes are being
built and one is almost finished, al
though the drawings for it were not
ready until Christmas day. Instead
OF requiring two years for the work,
the first machine will be working with
in two months from the time its foun-
dations were dug.
Can Handle Big Cannon.
Each of the planners costs So, 1000.
AS all the material upon which they
work will be extremely heavy two
travelling cranes are being put up
nearby.
The boring machines which are to
be made on the planners can handle
cannon 80 feet long and having cali
Der of IA or 16 inches, close to the
limit Of heavy ordinance.
N addition these machines are to be
used for boring the shafting needed by
destroyers.
Several thousand of the shell MAX
ing machines have been produced.
Each of these machines can turn and
bore a shell in from Is to 20 minutes
and is usually run "a hours day.
One company has just placed an Or
der for more than 100 of these ma
chimes, second ordered Is, and a
third 80.
They make the American g and g.
inch shells and the British 9.2-inch
shells.
The French are the same size as the
American.
These machines turn out shells that
are meant only for high explosives.
The shop in which these machines
are being made was built in 10 days
and great speed has marked every step
in the work. The machines weigh ten
tons each and are sold at $4,000. They
are to be turned out in immense num-
bers during the next few months.