Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1884 — Tack-Making Machine. [ARTICLE]

Tack-Making Machine.

A Connecticut man has perfected an automatic machine for making upholsterers’ tacks, and is producing the goods at Torrington. These tacks have so far been always imported, and the secret of the English manufacture is not known. Various attempts have been made in thin country to devise machinery for producing these goods, but resulting in failure. One firm sunk $20,000 in the endeavor. Another firm fifteen years ago, partly succeeded, but failed financially. The new machine turns out perfect tacks at the rate of 150 per minute. An average day’s work is 60,000. One man can take care of four of these machines. By using, different dies the heads may be eithei round or cone-shaped, and several sizes can be made. After shaping another machine polishes the face of the metal. The immense quantity used is shown by the fact that an importer in New York receives eight or ten million of these tacks monthly.— Cotton, Wool, and Iron.