LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 12, Number 11, June 1, 1958 Page: 3
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R. G. Ta1ks cont'd.
the best high-speed steel just as
cheap as ordinary ones.
Now, before I get off of this cap-
screw subject, I want to point out
something else that will help to keep
the machine running. The down time
is what breaks us up in business on
a construction job. Not only the cost
of repairs, but obsolescence and de-
preciation go on when the machine is
not working, and probably it is ty-
ing up other machines too, to say
nothing of operators standing around
on the payroll or maybe they are
helping to fix the machine, but they
don't know this one thing. Bolts have
to be tight. I don't care if you lock
them with lockwashers, cotters,
wires, or what have you, if the parts
can work or give back and forth ever
so little they will wear looser and
then wear faster and sooner or laterlet go. I also say that if you tight-
en it tight enough so it can't work
or slide one iota, it will never come
loose, lockwashers or no lockwashers.
In fact, a lockwasher may prolong
the loosening, but I'm against lock-
washer because quite often they
keep you from getting the bolt as
tight and solid as it could be. I might
add that I've never read an article or
heard of anybody making honest to
goodness laboratory tests to prove
that the bolt or capscrew will stay
longer with a lockwasher, but I know
of a lot of them that came loose with
lockwashers on.
What I'm leading up to is that these
three sizes of heat treated capscrews
should be tightened as follows: The
9/16 requiring, at least 3/4 of an inch
of effective thread in ordinary steel
should be tightened to 150 ft. lbs.
You don't need a fancy torquewrench. Just figure a full grown man
can pull a 100 lbs. when he's feeling
good. The 15/16 requiring 1-1/4" of
effective thread tightened to 600 ft.
lbs. and the 1-5/16 requiring 1-3/4"
effective thread tightened to 1500 ft.
lbs., which means a 15 ft. long handle,
and don't forget to grease the threads.
Of course, if the threaded nut or sheet
is thinner, you'll have to cut down
accordingly on the torque.
Yes, we need tighter bolts and
tighter morals, then we will have a
looser heaven for the Lord said,
"Bring ye all the tithes into the store-
house, that there may be meat in
mine house, and prove me now here-
with, saith the Lord of hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough
to receive it." Malachi 3:10.Roy LeTourneau, R. G., Gus Dick, President Tubman, Herb Buschman and Rev. Knowles.
R. G. Announces New Director For Liberian Project
Following a visit of nearly a week
at the project in Liberia, Mr. R. G.
LeTourneau announced that Rev.
Walter Knowles, who has been with
the company nearly 15 years, and
lately as director of the Lake Louise
Conference Ground, was assuming
leadership of the project at Tournata,
Liberia, on May 1st. Gus and Louise
Dick (daughter of the LeTourneaus)
have been in charge of the project
since its beginning in 1952. Early in
April this year, R. G., along with Dr.
V. Raymond Edman, Herb Buschman,
Rev. Knowles, Dr. Joe Evans and Bob
Geerdes made a quick trip to Liberia
where the new 45 mile road just fin-
ished was inspected by Mr. LeTour-
neau. Fighting dense jungles, swamps
and 200 inches of rain a year, Gus
Dick, along with the help of many
others including Liberian laborers,had recently brought the road to
completion. President William V. S.
Tubman of Liberia, on his recent in-
spection tour of the road said in
amazement that a distance which
used to take three days, can now be
traveled in one hour. Liberian offic-
ials were pleased with the job which
had been done on the road.
Following the inspection of the
road Mr. LeTourneau and party had
an audience with President Tubman
and discussed many future possibil-
ities of development. During the stay
at Tournata, plans were made for ex-
tending the school facilities for the
boys through the 8th grade, and the
possibility of starting a girls school
was discussed where native girls
could be taught not only the three R's
but also various basic home economic
subjects. The possibilities of a high
school and an enlarging of medicalLiberian "White House" in Monrovia.
facilities also ranks high in the com-
ing plans. This program is primarily
missionary and in addition to general
schooling, separate Bible courses will
be conducted under Rev. Knowles
direction for the 15 native pastors
who, supported by the LeTourneau
project, work out in the bush country.
It is felt that the native pastors are
one of the major keys in reaching
the large population of natives lost
in the darkness of sin.
It was also announced by Mr. Le-
Tourneau that the project will seek
to push back into the bush on the
LeTourneau concession from the
coast at Tournata on Baffu Bay and
begin an intensive program of logg-
ing. There is much valuable virgin
timber in the area and much of it
will have a ready market at Mon-
rovia, the capital. The logging opera-
tions are planned to help the project
become more self-sustaining.
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