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242 'Mfg. Dept. #224 Gick io ae OS wor UAL WEA THE Marine REVIEW IF 2; JOB ORDER NO. ee b pt Bal uss, nn a rrr oes (lei fcka' ene: Fic. 3--INSTRUCTION CARD. overhead expense in the shop and in- creases production (already about 15 per 'cent, with better results in sight) and gives better work. The equipment of the shop under con- sideration is very good; double overhead electric traveling cranes cover a large, well lighted shop; there are good, mod- ern machine tools of ample capacity, aaa there are plenty 'of 'hand tools, pneumatic drills, and other hand appli- ances. The class of work admits readily of MFG. DEPT. 614 J.0:-Noe 7 Machine No, a 33 co. Name of Pie Material Department. This department is under one first- class mechanic, who has helpers or labor- ers assigned to him when he needs them. He has the custody of all molds and patterns, and of the lumber rack. No one else has access to this last. When he gets instructions to provide lumber for a boat, he is furnished with a bill of lumber for that boat--the heading of one of these, shown in Fig. 1, is self- explanatory. He gets down from the loft all molds and patterns, lines out STANDING ORDER Date, eo ae and Operation : a0 to W-84 Fic. 4--STANDING ORDER. departmentalizing. New boats are built, and old ones repaired, but with few ex- ceptions they are all of standard types, built to the same plans and specifications in all yards. For building a new boat we have molds for the foundations and timbers, and patterns for the planking, interior joiner work, and for all castings and fittings. For repair jobs these can frequently be worked in to advantage, and the boat is there if they cannot. The work then most naturally resolves itself into three departments ; material, milling and erecting. the stock, and turns it over to the mill man. provide lumber for a repair job, he gets down the molds he can use, and gets dimensions from the repair job itself to complete his data. He provides the stock and lines it out for the millman. Milling Department. All the machine tools are operated by a mill man, who is an expert on the upright molder, and has acquired a sat- isfactory degree of skill on the other tools--planers, jointers, band and circular When he receives instructions to. June, 1910 saws, sticker, etc. The other mechanics occasionally have use for a bandsaw, but not for the other tools. The mill man usually has a helper, who can do easy shaper jobs, and when rushed he has an unskilled helper, usually a laborer. While the line of demarcation between material and milling department is distinct, the two must work in harmony; and _ the selection of the men must depend on this almost as much as on their knowl- edge of their trade. Erecting Department. This department is composed, of the rest of the mechanics and their helpers, The work is assigned to them according to their respective special abilities, and the development of specialists is not only encouraged, but by judicious assign- ment of work, is forced. Their job is to put together; it is only when a new type of boat is being built that they have Fic. 5--Instruction Carp RACK.: