. Railway age gazette . Maximum distance from table to nose of spindle, No. 4 33 i4 ii* Spindle travel 14 in. Diameter of spindle sleeve 2Y\ ifi. Diameter of spindle, driving end 1^ in. Diameter of nose of spindle 2 11/16 iii). Morse taper Either No. 4 or No. 5, as preferreid Width of steel rack in spindle sleeve, 8 pitch -ilH io- Size of table, working surface 20 in. x 14 iri. Vertical travel of table 23 iij. Ten feed changes: .003, .005, .009, .013, .017, .020, .025, .041, .065. and .0S(3Eight speed changes: Direct—575, 456, 367, 233; back gears in: 144, 114, 92, 38 Speed of drivin


. Railway age gazette . Maximum distance from table to nose of spindle, No. 4 33 i4 ii* Spindle travel 14 in. Diameter of spindle sleeve 2Y\ ifi. Diameter of spindle, driving end 1^ in. Diameter of nose of spindle 2 11/16 iii). Morse taper Either No. 4 or No. 5, as preferreid Width of steel rack in spindle sleeve, 8 pitch -ilH io- Size of table, working surface 20 in. x 14 iri. Vertical travel of table 23 iij. Ten feed changes: .003, .005, .009, .013, .017, .020, .025, .041, .065. and .0S(3Eight speed changes: Direct—575, 456, 367, 233; back gears in: 144, 114, 92, 38 Speed of driving pulley 500 r. p. ra. Size of driving pulley 14 in. x 5 ii. Floor space, front to back 65 in. Floor space, width 31 id- Xet weight, with regular table and oil pump attachment, without ; motor 2,620 Ibfe. CONVERTIBLE OPEN SIDE PLANER The large size, convertible, open side planer shown in the il-lustration has recently been installed in one of the large easternrailroad car shops. This machine has been designed and de-. Detrlck and Harvey Convertible Planer veloped by the Detrick & Harvey Machine Company, Baltimore,Md., for the purpose of providing for a w^ide range of planerwork, such as is frequently necessary in railroad shops. January, 1914. RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION 49. Primarily it is a double housing planer but, through the removalof the outer housing or post, the machine is converted to an openside planer. In its usual form it provides four tool heads, twobeing on the cross rail and one at either side. In fact the outerhousing is not intended to stiffen the cross rail or to impart anyrigidity to the machine, but it is provided entirely for the pur-pose of carrying the outer side tool head. It can be quicklyremoved, leaving the machine with three tool heads and in readi-ness to handle any work that would not pass between thehousing. What is usually termed a cross rail in the double housing typeof planer is, in this case, replaced by an L shaped casting con-


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