Show USES OF A SULLIVAN DR DRILL ILL SHARPENER I 1 the many uses to which a sullivan drill sharpener can be applied is emphasized in a letter to the mining alining review written by letson balliet of tonopah To nevada efficiency engineer and manager for the buckeye mining company I 1 upon the breaking out of the war mr balliet closed down the mine leaving the property in charge of three watchmen wat camen and went to work in the shipyards as acting master mechanic and efficiency engineer in order to increase increase the efficiency of construction st a sullivan drill sharpener was purchased with vertical and horizontal hammer with this machine bolt heads stanchion balls ad grab iron ends rivet sets deck spikes railroad spikes hammers hammer sana ani small tools were made much cheaper than they can be made in other ways the ends of stay tubes in scotch marine boilers vere Were setup set up in the machine with dies and dollies designed by mr balliet in the various mining camps mr balliet went on to say track spikes cost from one to five cents each depending on their size and the location of the mine as a hundred pound ke keg costs from 7 to 8 most anywhere now yet with this drill sharp ener the blacksmiths helper cau can make several hundred pounds in a shift out of hanging D bolts scrap rod iron or old bolts that are usually thrown away track bolts ani and machine and carriage bolts of ill all sizes can cal be made from scrap rods and old bolts of if larger size the actual time for making makina 1 I spike or bolt of any size is about four W ands if you make more than you need for fo j need them and an your own use other mines to per to you can sell them for if you need a ton of spikes you save payi for them and doubtless the scrap heap has several tons that you can sell brokens broken steel by the use of the sharpener the tal into and short drills can be upset est kind of small tools that the whole cal siw shop blacksmith brict needs and the tap of out ou he be made to pay its whole expense scrap pile |