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CREAMERY BUTTER MAKING 



FASTENING THE SEPARATOR. 



To secure steady motion, the separator must be fastened 

 to a solid foundation. There is nothing better in this re- 

 spect than a concrete floor with which every dairy should 

 be provided. 



Fig. 58.— Method of fastening separator. 



There are two common methods of fastening a sepa- 

 rator to a concrete floor : One is to fasten two 4x4-inch 

 blocks into the concrete floor as illustrated in Fig. 58. The 

 separator is then fastened to these blocks in the same man- 

 ner as to a wood floor. The other method of fastening 

 consists in chiseling four conical holes into the concrete 

 floor, at a distance corresponding with the four holes in 

 the separator base. The cavities thus made are filled with 

 Babbitt metal, into which holes a little smaller than the lag 

 screws are drilled. The separator is then fastened by 

 turning the lag screws into the Babbitt. (See Fig. 59.) 



The Babbitt may be dispensed with by fastening the 

 bolts with cement as shown in Fig. 59. 



