Discussion on "Press tools" at the Birmingham Section of the Institution

MR. DEELEY : I should like to have heard something about the peg type of tool. Mr. Kirchner´s discussion has been about orthodox and generally accepted types of tool. Has he any experience of the peg type of tool ? Is it more costly ? It is more efficient, and why is it not more generally adopted in this country than it is in other countries ? I should also like to have heard something about the simpler forms of press tools. Those we have seen on the screen tonight have been a draughtsman´s paradise, and they work very well on paper. If you take Mr. Kirchner´s works¿¿that type of work¿¿ even in those cases they have had to overcome a tremendous lot of difficulties in production. Does Mr. Kirchner think that the press tools are becoming too involved in design, and is not the simpler form of press tool being overlooked ?