Polishing lathes, lapping lathes (to polish metal.)
Blowers (to supply air in connection with soldering.)
Melting furnaces of various sizes.
Annealing furnaces.
Hand tools, such as workbenches, files, saws, hammers, drills, alcohol, ammonia, emery paper, various shellacs and acids.
Unions
Local unions are fairly strong in New York City, but are not officially recognized by manufacturers. They have, however, enforced competitive bidding, which has driven prices up very high, and has made conditions practically those of the closed shop. They claim a membership in New York City of 3,500. In Newark they are not so strongly organized.
Bonuses
There is no recognized system of benefit funds. A few factories have individual associations for sick benefits, which are rather discouraged by the unions. Some distribute bonuses on the 1st of January.