necessary movements save the simple reciprocating stroke are imparted
to the compound table on which the work is carried. These
include two linear movements at right angles with each other and
a circular motion capable of making a complete circle. Frequently
a tilting adjustment is included to permit of slotting at an angle.
The slotting machine has the disadvantage of an arm unsupported
beyond the guides in which it moves. But the compound movements
of the table permit of the production of shapes which cannot be done
on planers and shapers, as circular parts and circular arcs, in combination
with straight ortions. Narrow key grooves in the bores
of wheels are also reacfily cut, the wheels lying on the horizontal
table, which would only be possible on planer and shaper by the use
of awkward angle brackets, and of specially projecting tools.
Quick return in planers is accomplished by having two distinct
sets of gearing-a slow set for cutting and a quick train for return,
each operated from the same group of driving pulleys. The return
travel is thus accomplished usually three, often four, times more
quickly than the forward rate; sometimes even higher rates are
the speed of the tools, and this controls the design of the driving
and feeding mechanism. Another important difference is that
between drilling or boring one or more holes simultaneov sly. With
few exceptions the tool rotates and the work is stationary. The
notable exceptions are the vertical boring lathes already mentioned.
Obviously the demands made upon drilling machines are nearly as
varied as those on lathes. There is little in common between the
machines which are serviceable for the odd jobs done in the general
shop and those which are required for the re etitive work of the
shops which handle specialities. Provision ofifen has to be made
for drilling simultaneously several holes at certain centres or
holes at various angles or to definite depths, while the mass of
the spindles of the heavier machines renders counter-balancing
essential. »
Bench Machines are the simplest and smallest of the group. They are operated either by hand or by power. In the power machines generally, except in the smallest, the drill is also fed downwards by power, by means of toothed gears. The upper part of the drilling arranged for. In the shaper
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are a special type, designed
wheel P or worm-gears Q.
mainly to remove the work of cutting key grooves in the bores of wheels and pulleys from the slotting machine. The work is fixed on a table and the keyway cutting tool is drawn downwards through the bore, with several resulting practical advantages. Many planing machines are portable so that they may be fixed upon very massive work. Several gear-wheel cutting machines embody the reciprocating tool.
III.-DRILLING AND BORING MACHINES
The strict distinction between the operations of drilling and boring is that the first initiates a hole, while the second enlarges one already existing. But the terms are used with some latitude. A combined drilling and boring machine is one which has provision for both functions. But when holes are of large dimensions the drilling machine is useless because the proportions and ears are unsuitable. A 6~in. drill is unusually large, but holes are Imred up to 30 ft. or more in diameter.
T ypes of Machines.-The distinction between machines with vertical and horizontal spindles is not vital, but of convenience only. The principal controlling element in design is the mass of the work, which often determines whether it or the machine shall be adjusted relatively to each other. Also the dimensions of a hole determine spindle being threaded is turned by an encircling spur-wheel, operated very slowly by a pinion and hand-wheel by the right hand of the attendant, the movement being made independent of the rotation of the spindle. A rack sleeve encircling the spindle is also common. In the power machines gears are also used, but a belt on small cone pulleys drives from the main cone shaft at variable speeds. From three to four drilling and feeding speeds are provided for by the respective cone pulleys. Work is held on or bolted to a circular table, which may have provision for vertical adjustment to suit pieces of work of different depths, and which can usually be swung aside out of the way to permit of deep pieces of work being introduced, resting on the floor or on blocking. Wall M achines.-One group of these machines resembles the bench machines in general design, but they are made to bolt to a wall instead of on a bench. Their value lies in the facilities which they afford for drilling large pieces of work lying on the floor o on blocking, which could not go on the tables of the bench machines. Sometimes a compound work-table is fastened to the floor beneath; and several machines also are ranged in line, by means of which long plates, angles, boilers or castings may be brought under the simultaneous action of the group of machines. Another type is the radial arm machine, with or without a table beneath.” In each case