Discussion on "Tools" at the Manchester Section of the Institution

MR. PUCKNELL said that the aspect of standardisation which Mr. Eckersley had dealt with was most valuable and should show results in tremendous saving of time and money, this being particularly noticeable in a shop where automatic machinery is used. If one has a number of automatic machines of one make, one is very chary of changing over to an automatic machine of another make, because usually the whole of the equipment that one has in the shop for the first make of machine would be totally useless for the other. In this respect Mr. Pucknell mentioned that some time ago a machine toolmaker who was preparing to put on the market an automatic machine similar to a Browne and Sharpe, had asked him what, in his opinion were the points which he should incorporate in his design.