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Fig. 4. Plan of Automobile Repair Shop Machine Room, Showing Location of Machine Tools and Other Appliances.

It will be noted that the office is placed in such a way that all that goes on in either the machine shop or the assembling department may be seen by the executive or manager. The location of the stock and tool room in the machine shop is logical, as it is most convenient for the men who have frequent need of special tools. The men on the assembling floor usually have their own outfits, whereas the machinists are continually using special drills, taps, dies and cutters that the company must furnish. A person cannot enter the machine shop without first passing the clerk in either the office or the stock room, as wickets in the walls of these rooms forming the passageway open directly into the narrow hall providing access to the machine shop. A pair of large double doors separates the machine shop from the assemblying room as it is often necessary to move in bulky portions of automobiles for attention. In the building shown the boiler room is partitioned off from the assembly room and it is not intended to have any basement. If a cellar is provided, however, the heating boiler may be placed therein and be out of the way. The equipment of the various departments which can be applied to any of the repair shops shown will now be considered in connection with the logical arrangement of the repair shop department.

Arrangement of Departments.-In arranging the departments the layout should be for greatest efficiency and convenience. This applies to the repair shop as much as to the manufacturing plant, and intelligent study will often result in changes which will materially increase efficiency. Many shops are not profitable because of lack of organization and lack of system, while others are handicapped because of poor general arrangement. The owner or manager of a small shop may consider that the installation of a methodical system for record of the cost and progress of the work involves an expense that is unnecessary, and many shops are conducted by a hit or miss principle when simple accounting methods and organization of force would make them much more profitable. Too much system, however, is as bad as not enough, so a happy medium between the two extremes should be adopted. There should be some distinct scheme of organization in every shop of any size, especially in those which employ 18 or 20 men, and this can be advan

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Fig. 5.-Floor Plans of Large Automobile Repair Shop or Service Station.

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The plan shown at Fig. 3, A, is a one-story structure with a two-story frontage, having a capacity for 30 cars. The building is about 120 feet long and 40 feet wide, divided into departments for convenience. The ground floor contains four departments. The front apartment is about 40 by 20 feet, which is again divided, the tool room and office being 10 feet wide by 16 feet long, the machine room about 30 feet wide and 20 feet long. The rear of the shop is partly divided by a partition extending about 15 feet from the right wall, and about 20 feet from the rear wall. The right back corner is partitioned by a brick wall into a room about 15 feet wide by 10 feet deep, this serving as the boiler room for the heating plant. The space between the front and back portions, about 80 feet, is used for general repairing, for taking cars apart and storing cars ready for delivery.

The ground floor has been divided into four parts-the tool room and office, the machine shop, the assembling bay and the overhauling room. The second story is about 25 feet deep and as shown at Fig. 3, B, is divided into three parts, a stock room with. 15 feet frontage, a battery room 10 feet wide and a tire repair room the same size as the stock room. The entrance for cars is at the side of the building, and the door opens into the large room so the machines can be run directly back into the overhauling department, or ranged along the walls of the assembling room. A short passage leads from the small door at the side directly to the machine shop, though all entering must first pass the office before gaining admittance to the other departments. The plan shown can be applied only where the building is located at a corner, or where there is a short street or alley at either side. This form of construction permits one to take advantage of the whole front of the shop, and no space is sacrificed, as would be the result if the main entrance and passage were located at the front of the building.

An office and tool room are partitioned from the machine shop by sheathing and wire netting or grillwork, the wood of the partition being about four feet in height, all space above to the ceiling being filled by wide mesh net. Thus the tool room is effectually

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Elevation and Floor Plans of Medium Size Automobile Repair Shop,

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