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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...will be required of the others that follow. At this point is the proper time for directions to be given the operator about the amount of finish required, so that too much time is not eaten up by unnecessary refinements. Inspection in the small jobbing shop is somewhat similar to the money you give to charity. You haven't enough to go around, so put it where it will do the most good. Standards For Finish In order to inspect intelligently, there must be some limit of quality, both as to size and finish, whereby the inspector can know definitely if a piece is good enough to use or not. The standards of size are usually very clearly established. In the specialty shop there should be limit gages showing the largest and smallest allowable dimensions for each inspected size. As far as quality is concerned, the setting of standards is more difficult, but it can be accomplished, and when it is, it will save a lot of money. A man is likely to make the job too good in the matter of finish, rather than just good enough. Every minute that is spent filing and polishing up a piece where filing and polishing are not required is a minute wasted and a fraction of a cent, or more likely the whole cent itself, deducted from your profit account. This is avoided by having a scale of finishes, which are represented by samples, varying from a coarse roughing cut to a fine high polish. You will find that six to eight of these graduations are sufficient to cover the line of work in the ordinary shop, and they may very well be designated by num bers. These save money, particularly when a new man is given a job that he has never seen before. Putting One Over Inspection doesn't stop in the machine shop, nor does it begin there. There was a small jobbing shop in Ohio that bought brass c...
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