IS ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE ENGINEERING 



another commendable feature in a good engineer, and 

 that is, when he stops his engine he will pick up a gr 

 rag and go over it carefully, wiping every working part, 

 hing or looking carefully at every part he touches. 

 If a nut is working loose he finds it, if a bearing is ht 

 he finds it If any part of his engine has been cutting, 

 he finds it. He picks up a greasy rag instead of a wrench, 

 for the engineer that understands his business and at- 

 tends to it never picks up a wrench unless he has some- 

 thing to do with it. The good engineer takes a gr 

 rag, and while he is using it to clean his engine he is at 

 the same time carefully examining every part. His main 

 object is to see that everything is all right. If he finds 

 a loose nut or any part out of place, he will then have use 

 for a wrench. 



Now what a contrast there is between this engineer 

 and a poor one, and unfortunately there are hundrc* 

 poor engineers running portable and traction engines. 

 You will find a poor engineer very willing to talk. This 

 is a bad habit number one. He cannot talk and have his 

 mind on his work. Beginners must not forget this. 

 When I tell you how to fire an engine you will under- 

 stand how important it is. The poor engineer is very 

 apt to ask an outsider to stay at his engine while he goes 

 to the separator. This is bad habit number two. 

 if the outsider is a good engineer, he does not know 



