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Title: Canadian foundryman (1918)
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: Foundries Foundry workers
Publisher: Toronto : MacLean Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ngattachments for universal milling ma-chines; Sanderson McMillan, flour millmachines; D. M. Patrick, anti-creepingdevices for railway tracks. LINING ROUGH EMERGENCY CRU-CIBLE FURNACESBy M. M. Given an old sheet iron oil or paintdrum, about 20-inch, diameter by 30-inch, deep some means of producingblast, if only from a portable forge, a30-lb. or 40-lb. crucible, and some cokeof anthracite, if you line the drum withsome fairly refractory material, you canmelt anything up to copper. Sandybrick earth, clay, sandy silt from theriverside, scraping off a stoned road—not limestone —■ and other earths willanswer fairly well for a few melts, ifdried before firing takes place, and makepassably good makeshifts for goodlinings, but of course, a fire-clay thatwill burn hard or a good ganister isbest, owing to its greater durability.With a little ingenuity, however, emer-gency melting can he done readily ifa little thought is given to the matter. November, 1918. CAN A D I A N FOUNDRY)! A N 41
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Beats Sandblast- Sand100 to I And this 100 to I stuff isnt justa claim. Its being done right along infoundries throughout the country. Anyuser will tell you that ONE BAG OF DIAMOND GRIT OR CHILLEDSHOT WILL LAST AS LONGAND DO MORE WORK THAN100 BAGS OF SAND. Well be glad to prove to you thatsix bags of Diamond Grit cleaned2,000,000 pounds of brass castings;that 1,000 tons of malleable castingsWere cleaned at the extremely low cost of$67.20 with Diamond Grit; that a tonof malleable castings can be cleaned at acost of less than two cents with DiamondGrit. Besides this, Diamond Grit or ChilledShot take up much less storage space tharsandblast sand. Shipping is much quick-er and the charges less. If youll investigate youll find thatthe foundries that are using DiamondGrit or Chilled Shot are the ones that aregetting out the work right and making theprofits. Samples free—write us. HARRISON SUPPLY CO. S and T Dorchp^fpr Avp. Ex+pnyion BO/TON ■:• • MA//.,U./*.A 42 Volume IX. Grinding;

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