. Electric railway journal . OXY-ACETYLENE REPAIRS—WORN AND RECLAIMED AXLE CAPSAND JOURNAL BOX 554 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 12 one of the accompanying illustrations, one of thesebrush-holder receptacles in need of repairs is illustrated,together with one that has been restored. For thiswork a scrap brush is fastened to the receptacle duringthe welding operation to serve as a mold for the innersurface of the brush-holder receptacle. The cost newof one of these holders is $, and the welding cost,including labor, material and gas, is about 25 cents. Asimilar case occurred in
. Electric railway journal . OXY-ACETYLENE REPAIRS—WORN AND RECLAIMED AXLE CAPSAND JOURNAL BOX 554 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 12 one of the accompanying illustrations, one of thesebrush-holder receptacles in need of repairs is illustrated,together with one that has been restored. For thiswork a scrap brush is fastened to the receptacle duringthe welding operation to serve as a mold for the innersurface of the brush-holder receptacle. The cost newof one of these holders is $, and the welding cost,including labor, material and gas, is about 25 cents. Asimilar case occurred in connection with a broken baseon one of the Michigan Railways pneumatic trolleybases. As shown in one of the accompanying illustra-tions, the base, which is made of cast iron, was crackedacross one side, and to weld it cast-iron metal waspoured into the crack. The cost new of one of thesebases is approximately $25, but the cost of material,. OXY-ACETYLENE REPAIRS—WORN JOURNAL BOX REPAIRED WITHTOBIN BRONZE PEDESTAL WAYS labor and gas for welding was about $1. In addition tothe saving made by reclaiming the casting, it was im-portant that the base be restored to service in a shorttime, and the welder readily met this condition. Again, a casting which was used in connection withthe third-rail shoe mechanism, and which was brokenin service, was practically impossible to replace prompt-ly because of slow deliveries on steel castings. To re-store the casting to service three welds were required,two across the end of the yoke formed by the castingand one where this yoke connects with the main cast-ing. In the instance cited the piece broken out of theend of the yoke was lost along the roadway. It wasnecessary to prepare a short section of cast steel totake its place and weld it to the two sides of the labor, materials and gas used in completing this jobcost 50 cents. On another occasion a coil from a PeterSmith hot-wa
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