SHAVING LEATHER
(Old method)
This machine consists of nearly one hundred parts and each is made of the best material available. The advantage of this is obvious when the question of repairs is fully considered. The first Howard-Smith machine made has been running more than four years, and has not cost the owner a penny for repairs, beyond, of course, the expense of replacing the blades of the working cylinders; whereas it is no uncommon occurrence for a cheap machine to be thrown on the scrap heap after a few years' wear. It is always advisable, therefore, to buy machinery of the best grade.
bet, pp. 56 & 57
Fig. 10
DRAWING OF SHAVING MACHINE
Figure 10 represents a drawing of the shaving machine, A being the side view, and B the front. The work of the draughtsman generally appears to the uninitiated to border on the miraculous; he is often the designer and architect of the machine, and his work is certainly interesting and skilful.
Many of the heavy parts, such as main castings, pedestals, etc., are made in the foundry, which may be part of the leather trades' engineer's works if he is in a large way of business. The finer parts, those which might be termed the fittings, are made in the turnery department; while the machine is assembled in the fitters' shop.
Figure 10 A shows the side, and 10 B the front construction of the shaving machine. The figures indicate, by following the arrows, the principal parts of the machine, which are shown in detail in sectional tracings. For example, T. 65, of which no working parts are shown in the diagram of the complete machine, is reproduced in detail in a separate drawing shown in Figure 11. Each part of the machine is numbered and entered in a stock-book.