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.

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