Abstract: A status record system in which master record cards and a series of operation description status cards associated with each, is provided to furnish significant information with flexibility to inform a user of certain manufacturing aspects, involving for example, sales, inventory, material and supplies, the status of each being quickly ascertained and readily changed to maintain records as events occur to assist in coordinating the production of parts or mechanisms, status information being furnished by the size, shape, relationship and position of status cards with suitable indicia, readily observable to quickly pinpoint areas requiring attention and those which have been attended to as well as those which do not momentarily demand such attention, the indicia being arranged in a helpful relationship for information purposes.

Abstract: There is a disclosed tool holder and bit construction for use in precision machining operations, wherein the tool holder is provided with means to removably position the same for rotation by a machine spindle, and a cavity of precise rectangular uniformly diminishing cross-section inwardly from one end, to receive a mating correspondingly precisely formed tool bit comprised solely of a carbide composition and integral shank to be positioned in and removable from the cavity when conditions require, means being provided in said holder to facilitate such removal.

Abstract: There is disclosed mechanism for feeding and orienting small parts for performing dieing operations by a progressive die, which mechanism includes guide means to supply parts by gravity, index means to move the parts uniformly to the die in response to movement of a die member and over a distance which may be precisely regulated with means to orient the parts in the die by dowels to precisely position the same for performing an operation on each part.