Show CUTTING STEEL LIKE TIMBER it Is done with ft a saw weighing four Il hundred undred TOD tenn A new piece of machinery to expedite the delivery of armor plates for or the new warships airships A will trill shortly be added to the steel plant ol of carnegie phipps it A co at peon penn it la Is a new steel saw all inoue in one piece weighing tons that will cut a nickel steel armor plate aa M an ordinary saw cuts a plank these armor plates range in weight from eight to thirty eight tons tona and add reach a length ot of twenty feet and a thickness ot of twenty inches the armor of a modern war vessel cannot be put on like a sock all in once piece it Is built on the frame of the ship something like the scales of a osh fish in finishing the be plates for fitting they have to be beveled along the edge where they fit together this has been do done heretofore with the machine which slowly and laboriously a shaving nt at a time cut them down to the desired shape this saw has a blade seven and one halt half feet in diameter geared from above and revolving horizontally the armor plate Is placed on a tilting table which Is adjustable to any angle and presented to the saw endwise nd the forward motion of the carrying table thrusts the plate steadily against the teeth and an angular slab of cold nickel steel weighing perhaps a dozen tons Is taken oil the slab like a pine log it will bo be used also for cutting plates into any desired dimensions yew york lork Men tug Toky telegram rant |