. American engineer and railroad journal . FOX AXU WARE DRIVER FOR ORIVIXO WHEEL LATHE. crank pins, and the traversing screw, which operates therear head, has been changed from a 4 to a 1-in. pitch, doublethread, in order to allow the head to be moved backward andforward more quickly. This latter change was made afterthe record run, noted below, was made The lathe is also equipped with special drivers for hold-ing the wheels, which are shown in the accompanying illus-tration, and which have been patented by Mr. E. O. Ware,machine shop foreman at East Moline, and Mr. F. E. Fox,master mechanic o
. American engineer and railroad journal . FOX AXU WARE DRIVER FOR ORIVIXO WHEEL LATHE. crank pins, and the traversing screw, which operates therear head, has been changed from a 4 to a 1-in. pitch, doublethread, in order to allow the head to be moved backward andforward more quickly. This latter change was made afterthe record run, noted below, was made The lathe is also equipped with special drivers for hold-ing the wheels, which are shown in the accompanying illus-tration, and which have been patented by Mr. E. O. Ware,machine shop foreman at East Moline, and Mr. F. E. Fox,master mechanic of the Rock Island at Cedar Rapids. drivers are placed on each face plate, one of them hav-. 90-INCH DRIVING WHEEL LATHE. OMAHA SHOPS—UNION PACIFIC BAILB0AD. expect in the near future to replace two of them with oneof the new ones. This same shop superintendent frankly admitted, however,that, due to improved shop conditions, the use of high-speedsteel, improved methods of handling the wheels in and outof the lathe, and a few changes in the design of the machines,they were at present turning out at least three times as muchwork as when they were first placed in service. An instancewhere splendid results were obtained after making a fewchanges in the design of an old lathe and the method of hold- ing two adjustable arms, as shown in the illustration, whilethe other has only one. The forked end of the arm fitsagainst the rim of the wheel at its junction with one of thespokes. The heavier arm on the double driver is adjustedto resist the stress due to cutting. The purpose of the lighterarm which grasps the wheel in the opposite direction is tohold it rigidly in place and
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