Report on Machine-Tools and Wood-Working Machinery (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report on Machine-Tools and Wood-Working MachinerySir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of Mr. F. R. Hutton, special agent of the Census, on Shop-tools, Wood-working Machinery, etc.The two features of greatest interest and importance in American manufacturing industries are the development and general introduction of the principle of interchange-ability in the parts of machines and implements manufactured and employed in the country, and the gradual introduction into our machine-shops and factories of special tools for preparing and shaping materials for the special uses which they are to subserve, either as parts of such machines or implements, or for general use.These two branches or lines of development are closely related to each other, and have exercised an immense in¿uence in the rapid growth of our national interests. It may be said of both that they had their origin in the characteristic inventive genius of our people, which has been wisely fostered by the national legislature through liberal patent laws enacted from time to time.Within the memory of men now living, a New England farmer has devoted his winter evenings to the making of wooden clocks, for sale, his implements being a knife, a file, and a saw, another has devoted himself, with the aid of his family, to covering buttons by hand, the modest products in each case going far toward the support of the family.The same processes are now accomplished, with slight changes in style and materials, on a large scale in extensive establishments provided with special tools which render hand-work almost unnecessary. These are mere instances to illustrate the changes that have taken place in every branch of human labor through the introduction of special devices now employed in manufacturing.In the treatment of the materials which form the heavier metallic parts of engines and other machinery, and all varieties of wood-work, the advance has been no less remarkable. Operations now performed at small cost in preparing such materials for use would have been found impossible a few years ago by mere hand-work, or would at least have been impracticable on account of the great expense involved.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.