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1 portablf' air compressor for ust> with air tools.
1 circular saw.
2 band saws.
1 50-ton shop crane.
A good vise and bench for every man in the shop.
624. The equipment of the American shop was about as fol1o'\\"8:
8 lathes, 8 by 12 inch swing.
1 lathe, watchmaker's.
6 grindeJ'S.
2 shapeJ'S.
5 drill presses, up to 20-inch radius.
3 screw machines.
1 planer, 8 to 12 foot bt>d.
1 power hacksaw.
1 power cold saw.
2 band saws.
1 Landis bolt machine.
2 300-foot air compressoJ'S.
1 welding and cutting outfit.
2 IO-ton bridge cranes.
625. Experience with the American shop If'ads to the recommendation,
slightly modified from that submitted by the commanding officer
of the shop (38), that an equipment about as follows is necessary:
10 lathes, sizes from toolmaker's to 26-inch by I6-foot.
2 turret lathes, .
1 planer, 48-inch by I6-foot.
2 shapeJ'S.
7 grindeJ'S, 'tool, cylinder and surfacf'.
5 drill presses, 5-foot to high speed.
_ 4 power saws, hack, cold and wood.
2 milling machines.
1 power hammer, 6-inch strokf'.
1 heavy straightening preSs.
1 planer and joiner.
1 boring and mortising machine.
1 48-inch wood lathe.
1 brass cupola.
4 oxyacetylene cutting and welding outfits.
1 air compressor, 300 cubic feet, air tools.
1 150-ton bridge crane with 10-ton auxiliary.
1 10-ton high-speed crant>.
1 150-ton locomotive crane.
1 15-ton locomotive cranf'.
1 4-foot bulldozl'r.
1 screw punch, I-inch hole in Hneh plate.
2 jih cranes, 2! tons capacity.
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