. Electric railway journal . led with new metalwhich flowed into a close weld with the sides of the oldhole. The cost for filling these holes was 42 cents. Boththe brake lever and the swing link were preheated forfive minutes in an oil furnace so that the welding timewould be reduced and the amount of welding gas thuskept at a minimum. PATCHING A GEAR CASE Fig. 11 shows the repairs made to the lower half ofa worn GE-69 gear case. This had been worn throughto a length of 9 in. where it had formerly been patch had been torn off in service. The case alsohad a crack 8 in. long at one
. Electric railway journal . led with new metalwhich flowed into a close weld with the sides of the oldhole. The cost for filling these holes was 42 cents. Boththe brake lever and the swing link were preheated forfive minutes in an oil furnace so that the welding timewould be reduced and the amount of welding gas thuskept at a minimum. PATCHING A GEAR CASE Fig. 11 shows the repairs made to the lower half ofa worn GE-69 gear case. This had been worn throughto a length of 9 in. where it had formerly been patch had been torn off in service. The case alsohad a crack 8 in. long at one corner of the 6-in. x9-in. hole, and six Vk-in. rivet holes were to be filled, sothat the case would be made oil-tight. The cost of thenew case was given as $, its scrap value 25 cost for welding on a patch, plugging the six holesand filling in the crack to make the case ready for serv-ice was but 49 cents. On this job the cutting blow pipe was first used. Inless than two minutes the operator had squared out a. Oxy-Acetylene Welding—Fig. 9—Repaired Flange June 27, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1441
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