To push or pull barstock

Bates, Charles

American Machinist

02-01-2000

To push or twitch barstock

Byline: Bates, Charles
Volume: 144
Number: 2
ISSN: 10417958
Publication Date: 02-01-2000
Page: 60
Type: Periodical
Language: English

Basing the decision upon price alone could be a mistake.

Although not as elderly as dirt, barpullers have been around for awhile. They are simple mechanical devices that grip and twitch barstock into a lathe. The barpuller's automated counterpart is a barfeeder, which, instead, pushes barstock. Many stores base the decision on whether to push or twitch barstock on price alone. However, as crops ...