TEST QUESTIONS

List No. I

1. Describe the keyboard and magazine escapement action

on models 5 and 8.

2. How is the rubber roll taken out and cleaned? Why

does the rubber roll shaft have a friction drive?

3. How are the keyboard cam frames taken off?

4. How are the keyboard cams cleaned and oiled?

5. Describe how to take a keyboard off and clean it? Explain

in detail.

6. How is a single cam taken out on an old style keyboard

cam yoke frame?

7. How is a single cam taken out on the new style keyboard

cam yoke frame?

8. What should be done to the triggers before replacing

the cam frame? Explain why.

9. State the causes of more than one matrix dropping, or

“running away.”

10. What are the causes of matrices failing to respond to

the touch of the keys?

List No. II

11. How is a verge on a Model 5 removed and a new one

put in? On a Model 8?

12. What operations are gone through to change a magazine

on a Model 5? A Model 8? Give them in the

proper order. How to change the middle magazine on

a Model 8?

13. How is the matrix belt adjusted? What is the difference

between the matrix delivery belts on the different

models?

14. What adjustments should be made on the assembling

elevator, the assembler slide brake and the chute

spring?

15. What is the purpose of the assembler star wheel friction?

What must be done to keep it working properly?

16. What gives the line-delivery slide its motion when delivering

a line? What controls the speed and how is

it adjusted?

17. What releases the line-delivery slide? How is it adjusted?

18. What returns the line-delivery slide to normal position?

How is it adjusted on both old and new styles?

19. How is the line-delivery slide adjusted when delivering

a line?

20. What is meant by “cleaning spacebands,” and how

should they be cleaned?

List No. III

21. Explain how a spaceband is constructed? How should

a spaceband be placed in a line. Why?

22. How is the spaceband box removed? Explain in detail.

23. What will cause spacebands not to respond?

24. How do the spaceband box pawls get their motion to

release the spacebands? Explain in detail.

25. How are the spaceband box pawls adjusted?

26. What prevents the release of two spacebands at one

time? How is it adjusted?

27. Describe how the thermostat controls the temperature

of the metal, and how it is adjusted.

28. Describe how the metal is heated in an electric pot.

How is the heat controlled in the various heating

units of an electric pot?

29. What care does the electric pot and controller require?

30. What care does the mold require? How would you replace

the mold in the disk after having it off?

List No. IV

31. At what temperature should the metal be kept?

32. What happens when too much metal is in the pot?

33. What does a slug show when the metal is too hot?

34. What does the slug show when the metal is too cold?

35. What does a smooth, bright bottom on a slug indicate?

36. What are some of the causes of a defective face?

37. How should the mouthpiece be cared for?

38. How is the mouthpiece removed on the wedge style

crucible? Screw style models?

39. How is a “stuck” plunger taken out and cleaned?

40. How is the metal pot adjusted? Give all adjustments.

List No. V

41. Explain the gas pressure controller.

42. Explain thoroughly the care of the gas burner.

43. What will cause matrix ears to bend in the distributor

box?

44. How is the distributor box lift adjusted?

45. What causes matrices to clog in the distributor box and

how are they removed?

46. What will cause two matrices to lift at one time in the

distributor box?

47. What will cause matrices to fall in the wrong channel

of the magazine, and what is the remedy?

48. Describe the mechanism which drives the distributor

screws?

49. Explain the construction and action of the distributor

spiral automatic.

50. How is the first elevator adjusted? Give all the adjustments.

List No. VI

51. How is the first elevator connecting link constructed?

How is it adjusted, and what is the object of the

adjustment?

52. What is the purpose of the pump stop? Explain the

action and adjustment of the pump stop.

53. What is the purpose of the first elevator line stop?

How is it replaced and adjusted?

54. Explain the construction of the first elevator two-letter

jaws, and how it sometimes prevents the elevator going

high enough to allow the line to transfer after

having a squirt.

55. How should the metal be removed from the first elevator

jaw after having a squirt?

56. What part of the first elevator should be kept perfectly

clean and free from oil?

57. What action has the recasting block on the first

elevator?

58. Describe how a one-letter line is recast.

59. Describe how a two-letter line is recast.

60. What trouble would be caused by the first elevator

slide not being adjusted to properly align with the

transfer and delivery channels?

List No. VII

61. What adjustments are there for the second elevator?

62. What would cause the second elevator to be held at the

distributor?

63. When the second elevator does not descend, what causes

the machine to stop?

64. Give the adjustments of the elevator transfer slide.

65. What is the releasing lever for in the first elevator slide

guide, and how is it adjusted?

66. What is the object of the intermediate bar pawl?

67. How may the movement of the transfer and spaceband

levers be interfered with?

68. How does locking the spaceband transfer lever stop the

machine?

69. How does the spaceband transfer lever get its motion

and how is it adjusted?

70. When does the automatic safety pawl act?

List No. VIII

71. Describe the method and order that should be followed

in making a complete change of the machine from

one size to another.

72. How are the mold liners marked to distinguish size?

73. How is the ejector blade held in place?

74. What will cause a slug to be pushed out of a galley

when being ejected?

75. What is the purpose of the buffer spring in the ejector

slide?

76. What is the ejector-blade guide for, and what care does

it require?

77. What makes a slug higher on one end than on the other?

78. How is the back knife adjusted? Explain in detail.

79. How is a micrometer read?

80. What is “type high”?

List No. IX

81. Explain in detail how the trimming knives are adjusted.

82. What causes slugs to be off their feet, or lift, when

locking-up?

83. What part of an inch is a type founders point? What

part of an inch is a linotype point?

84. How are the decimal points of a slug found?

85. When can the vise be opened to first position?

86. When can the vise be opened to second position?

87. Explain the construction of the main friction clutch.

88. How is the collar connected to the clutch rod?

89. What is the difference between the new and the old

style clutch adjustment?

90. How is the main driving clutch adjusted? Give the

seven adjustments affecting the clutch.

List No. X

91. In what position should the starting lever be when

making the adjustments on the friction clutch?

92. What care should be given to the main friction clutch?

93. How can you determine when the clutch is slipping?

94. Give causes for the slipping of the clutch, and how

you would remedy them.

95. What is the action of the automatic safety pawl when

striking the upper stopping lever, and how does it

effect the clutch to stop the machine?

96. State the purpose of the vise automatic, and tell how

it is adjusted.

97. How is the vise automatic adjustment tested?

98. How are the matrix toes sheared when the vise automatic

is out of adjustment?

99. How is the mold slide adjusted? Give all adjustments.

100. Describe the machine action from the time a line is in

the assembling elevator until it has been distributed.