being adjusted to properly align with the transfer and delivery
channels?
LIST NO. VII
61. What adjustments are there for the second elevator?
62. What would cause the second elevator to be held at the
distributor?
63. When the second elevator does not descend, what causes the
machine to stop?
64. Give the adjustments of the elevator transfer slide.
65. What is the releasing lever for in the first elevator slide
guide, and how is it adjusted?
66. What is the object of the intermediate bar pawl?
67. How may the movement of the transfer and spaceband levers be
interfered with?
68. How does locking the spaceband transfer lever stop the machine?
69. How does the spaceband transfer lever get its motion and how is
it adjusted?
70. When does the automatic safety pawl act?
LIST NO. VIII
71. Describe the method and order that should be followed in making
a complete change of the machine from one size to another.
72. How are the mold liners marked to distinguish size?
73. How is the ejector blade held in place?
74. What will cause a slug to be pushed out of a galley when being
ejected?
75. What is the purpose of the buffer spring in the ejector slide?
76. What is the ejector-blade guide for, and what care does it
require?
77. What makes a slug higher on one end than on the other?
78. How is the back knife adjusted? Explain in detail.
79. How is a micrometer read?
80. What is “type high”?
LIST NO. IX
81. Explain in detail how the trimming knives are adjusted.
82. What causes slugs to be off their feet, or lift, when
locking-up?
83. What part of an inch is a type founders point? What part of an
inch is a linotype point?
84. How are the decimal points of a slug found?
85. When can the vise be opened to first position?
86. When can the vise be opened to second position?
87. Explain the construction of the main friction clutch.
88. How is the collar connected to the clutch rod?
89. What is the difference between the new and the old style clutch
adjustment?
90. How is the main driving clutch adjusted? Give the seven
adjustments affecting the clutch.
LIST NO. X
91. In what position should the starting lever be when making the
adjustments on the friction clutch?
92. What care should be given to the main friction clutch?
93. How can you determine when the clutch is slipping?
94. Give causes for the slipping of the clutch, and how you would
remedy them.
95. What is the action of the automatic safety pawl when striking
the upper stopping lever, and how does it effect the clutch to stop
the machine?
96. State the purpose of the vise automatic, and tell how it is
adjusted.
97. How is the vise automatic adjustment tested?
98. How are the matrix toes sheared when the vise automatic is out
of adjustment?
99. How is the mold slide adjusted? Give all adjustments.
100. Describe the machine action from the time a line is in the
assembling elevator until it has been distributed.
MECHANISM CLASS SCHEDULE
(_Lesson Index_)
The following class schedule was designed for one-hour class periods.
It has been found from experience that the lessons may be covered in
approximately one-hour class periods, except No. 20. Additional study
of each lesson will be found profitable where time permits.
PAGES
1. Keyboard, construction and action; taking off keyboard
cam frames; cleaning and oiling keyboard cams, 3-10
2. Taking off keyboard; taking apart and cleaning, 10-12
3. Keyrods, escapements, magazines of various models, 12-25
4. Assembling elevator, assembler, assembler slide,
assembler slide brake, 25-33
5. Spaceband box; delivery slide, 33-42
6. Metal pot, mouthpiece, metal pot adjustments, 42-52
7. Pot lever; gasoline and gas burners; pressure,
mercury, and thermostat governors, 52-61
8. Electric pot, 61-68
9. Molds, 68-73
10. Distributor bar, channel entrance, distributor screws, distributor
clutch plate and stopping bar, distributor clutch;
construction of spiral automatic, 73-80
11. Distributor box; matrix lift cam, 80-87
12. First elevator slide and adjustments; first elevator jaws;
construction of the connecting link, 87-94
13. Second elevator and adjustments; main cams, 94-98
14. First elevator slide guide; transfer slide adjustments;
spaceband lever, pawl, and turnbuckle, 98-101
15. Mold slide; lever and slide; mold disk locking studs and
blocks; ejector slide and blade; universal ejector, 101-107
16. Mold knife adjustments; adjustments of trimming
knives; knife wiper, 107-114
17. Mold gear arm; mold turning cam; square block; justification
levers; vise, vise jaws, pump stop, 114-122
18. Driving shaft, friction clutch and adjustments, vertical
lever, upper and lower stopping levers, automatic stopping
and safety pawls, stay bolt, 122-127
19. Vise automatic; filling piece and safety lug, 127-130
20. Dismantling and reassembling, under the supervision of
the instructor
_Index_
PAGE
Adjustable Mold, 36-em, 71
Advertising Figures, 132
Advertising Mold, 70
Assembler, 28
Assembler Slide, 31
Assembler Slide Brake, 31
Assembler Troubles, 33
Assembling Elevator, 25
Assembling Elevator, to Take Off, 28
Auxiliary Lever, 93
Auxiliary Magazines, 21
Burner, Gas, 55
Burner, Gasoline, 55
Banking Strips, Mold, 109
Cams, Main, 95
Carbolite Mold, 71
Care of Electric Metal Pot, 65
Care of the Machine, 133
Causes of Bad Assembling, 33
Channel Entrance, 74
Chute Spring, 28
Class Schedule, Mechanism, 149
Cleaning a Magazine, 23
Cleaning Matrices, 24
Cleaning the Throat of Crucible, 44
Connecting Link, First Elevator Slide, 92
Cracked Crucible, 44
Current Consumption, 67
Display Molds, 70
Distributor, 73
Distributor Bar, 73
Distributor Box, 80
Distributor Box, Lower, Models 2 and 4, 83
Distributor Box, to Remove, 87
Distributor Box Matrix Lift Cam, 84
Distributor Clutch, 76
Distributor Screws, 75
Distributor Screw Guard, 76
Distributor Spiral Automatic, 78
Distributor Stopping Mechanism, 77
Distributor Troubles, 84
Duplex Rails, 26
Duplex Rail Operating Blocks, 99
Ejector Blade, 105
Ejector Blade, to Change, 105
Ejector Guide Block, 105
Ejector Slide, 104
Ejector, the Universal, 106
Electric Metal Pot, Care of, 65
Electric Pot, 62
Electric Pot Definitions, 61
Elevator, Second, 94
Ems to Running Inch, 142
Escapement Mechanism, 14
Facts and Suggestions About Trimming Knives, 112
Failure of Matrices to Respond (See Keyboard Troubles), 7
Failure of Matrices to Respond (due to Troubles Above the Keyboard),
23
Filling Piece, First Elevator, 130
First Elevator Jaws, 90
First Elevator Jaws and Slide, 87
First Elevator Jaw Line Stop, 92
First Elevator Slide Connecting Link 92
First Elevator Slide Guide, 98
Friction Clutch, 122
Friction Clutch Adjustments, 123
Friction Clutch Hints, 126
Fuses, 68
Gas Burner, 55
Gas Burners, to Remove, 58
Gas Pot Hints, 57
Gasoline Burner, 55
Governor, Mercury Gas, 59
Governor, Pressure, 58
Governor, Thermostat Gas, 59
Headletter Mold, 70
Hints, Friction Clutch, 126
Hints, Gas Pot, 57
Hints, Magazine, 24
Hints, Mold, 72
Justification Levers, 118
Keyboard, 3
Keyboard, to Take Apart, 10
Keyboard Parts, 4
Keyboard Cams, Cleaning the, 9
Keyboard Cams and Parts, 4
Keyboard Cam, to Remove, 6
Keyboard Cam Frames, to Remove, 9
Keyboard Layout, 9
Keyboard Rubber Rolls, 6
Keyboard Troubles, 7
Keyrods, 12
Keyrods, Auxiliary, 13
Knife Block, 109
Knife Block, Wedge Style, 111
Knife, Mold, 107
Knife Spring Plate, 111
Knife Wiper, 113
Knife Wiper, Old Style, 114
Knives, Trimming, 109
Line Delivery Slide, 39
Line Stop, First Elevator Jaw, 92
Locking Studs and Blocks, 104
Magazines, 15
Magazines, Auxiliary, 21
Magazines and Escapements, 14
Magazine, Cleaning a, 23
Magazine Channel Entrance, 74
Magazine Hints, 24
Magazines, Split, 21
Magazine, Removing a, 18
Magazines, Removing, New Models, 8 and 14-s-k, 20
Main Cams, 95
Making Machine Changes, 132
Matrix Carrier Belt, 32
Matrices, Cleaning, 24
Mechanism Class Schedule, 149
Mechanical Terms, 136
Mercury Gas Governor, 59
Metal Pot, 42
Metal Pot Adjustments, 49
Metal Pot Plunger, 42
Metal Pot, Removing a, 54
Micrometer Caliper, 140
Model K, 22
Model L, 22
Model 14, Single Keyboard, 13
Model 9, 130
Molds, 68
Mold, Universal Adjustable, 69
Mold, Recessed, 69
Mold, Display and Headletter, 70
Mold, Advertising, 70
Mold, Carbolite, 71
Mold, 36-em Adjustable, 71
Mold Turning Cam Adjusting Shoes, 115
Mold Banking Strips, 109
Mold Disk Locking Studs and Blocks, 104
Mold Driving Shaft Friction Clamp, 116
Mold Gears, Retiming, 116
Mold Hints, 72
Mold Knife, 107
Mold, Removing and Replacing, 73
Mold Slide, 101
Mold Turning Cam, Square Block, and Pinion, 114
Mold Wipers, 71
Mouthpieces, 45
Mouthpiece, to Remove a, 47
Plunger, Metal Pot, 42
Pressure Governor, 58
Point System, 141
Pot, Electric, 62
Pot Lever, 52
Pot Returning Cam Shoe, 53
Pump Stop, 121
Questions, Test, 143
Recessed Mold, 69
Releasing Lever, 99
Removing a Pot, 54
Removing a Magazine, 18
Removing a Magazine, New Model 8 and 14-s-k, 20
Retiming Mold Gears, 116
Safety Lug, Mold Disk, 130
Second Elevator Safety Catch, 95
Second Elevator, 94
Second Elevator Starting Spring, 95
Slug Troubles, 54
Spacebands, the, 33
Spaceband Box, 35
Spaceband Box, to Remove, 36
Spaceband Box Pawls, to Replace, 38
Spaceband Box Pawls and Rails, 38
Spaceband Lever, 100
Spaceband Lever Pawl, 101
Spaceband Troubles, 37
Spiral Automatic, 78
Split Magazines, 21
Spring Plate, Knife, 111
Stay Bolt, 127
Star Wheel, 29
Stuck Slug, Removing a, 107
Tabular Attachment, 131
Test Questions, 143
Things You Should Know, 138
Transfer Slide, 99
Trimming Knives, Facts and Suggestions, 112
Trimming Knives, 109
Troubles, Distributor, 84
Troubles, Slug, 54
Thermostat Gas Governor, 59
Throat and Mouthpiece Heaters (Electric), 64
Universal Adjustable Mold, 69
Universal Ejector, 106
Verge, to Remove a, 23
Vise, the, 119
Vise Automatic, 127
Vise Jaws, 121
Vise Justification, 118
Transcriber’s Notes
pg 13 Changed: On the later models 1
to: On the later model 1
pg 26 Changed: there is assembled in the front
to: there are assembled in the front
pg 28 Changed: pull the gib off dowel pins
to: pull the gib off dowel the pins
pg 30 Changed: remove the chute spring, if the new style, release
to: removing the chute spring, if the new style, releasing
pg 32 Changed: the operating lever when raised
to: the operating lever, when raised
pg 33 Changed: properly, worn detaining plates.
to: properly, or worn detaining plates.
pg 33 Changed: bind; assembler slide worn or dirty
to: bind; or assembler slide worn or dirty
pg 40 Added period after: elevator is raised to send in a line
pg 49 Changed: lips of the crucible, by driving
to: lips of the crucible by driving
pg 51 Changed plunger pin has been removed, to prevent accidentaly
to: accidentally
pg 57 Changed The hole can be peaned to: peened
pg 63 Changed controlled by an adjustable dynamic therometer
to: thermometer
pg 68 Changed have a flexibility that requires a varitey to: variety
pg 70 Changed The cap is construsted to: constructed
pg 70 Changed The groves in the cap to: grooves
pg 75 Added the word “the” to: screws are in front of “the”
distributor
pg 81 Changed drawn out a little by peaning to: peening
pg 84 Changed annoyance and lost time is causd to: caused
pg 91 Changed The duplex rail sometimes become to: becomes
pg 106 Changed starting and stopping lever and is conected
to: connected
pg 108 Changed: is should scrape the lead from the mold.
to: it should scrape the lead from the mold.
pg 109 Changed allows for a range form to: from
pg 112 Changed adjustment if dirt or gum interfers to: interferes
pg 115 Removed repeated word from: cam and bank against the the shoes.
pg 129 Changed forced out of action by the vise matic to: automatic
pg 130 Changed interchangeable magazines, any-one to: any one
pg 131 Changed operated by the usual keyboard machanism to: mechanism
pg 135 Changed Test the vice-automatic to: vise-automatic.
pg 139 Changed Do not change adjustments everytime to: every time
pg 140 Changed The speed of the machine should be uniform at all tims
to: times
pg 140 Changed for flucuations will interfere to: fluctuations
pg 143 Removed extra quote from: one matrix dropping,
or ‘“running away.”
pg 143 Changed gone through to change a magzine to: magazine
pg 143 Changed: How are the rubber roll taken out
to: How is the rubber roll taken out
pg 143 Changed: How change the middle magazine
to: How to change the middle magazine
pg 144 Changed: How adjusted on both old and new styles
to: How is it adjusted on both old and new styles
pg 145 Changed: How replaced and adjusted
to: How is it replaced and adjusted
pg 145 Changed What does a smoth, bright bottom on a slug indicate
to: smooth
pg 145 Changed Explain throughly the care of the gas burner.
to: thoroughly
pg 151 Added word the to: keylevers; the keybar banking bar
Normalized spelling of vice to vise throughout book.