. American engineer and railroad journal . LfuU fj j3 J j1/1/1/ jl/l/J. THE SEITZ BUILT-l r PISTON. of renewal to fit a worn cylinder must appeal to everyoneconnected with locomotive repair work. Should a cylinderrequire rehoring it is not necessary to remove this spider fromthe rod and replace it with a new one of sufficient diameterto fill the cylinder. By simply removing the follower platesand replacing them with new ones and putting in a new skele-ton ring, the piston is ready for replacement and is practicallya new head, fitting the new sized bore of the cylinder. Thisis done at less than
. American engineer and railroad journal . LfuU fj j3 J j1/1/1/ jl/l/J. THE SEITZ BUILT-l r PISTON. of renewal to fit a worn cylinder must appeal to everyoneconnected with locomotive repair work. Should a cylinderrequire rehoring it is not necessary to remove this spider fromthe rod and replace it with a new one of sufficient diameterto fill the cylinder. By simply removing the follower platesand replacing them with new ones and putting in a new skele-ton ring, the piston is ready for replacement and is practicallya new head, fitting the new sized bore of the cylinder. Thisis done at less than one-fourth of the cost of labor and materialnecessary for repairing an ordinary piston. The AmericanEngineer believes that there are many earnest, wide-awake THE POWER REQUIRED IN PLANER DRIVING. An interesting series of tests were recently made with amotor-driven planer at the works of the Fred M. Prescott SteamPump Company, the results of which are of importance fortheir bearing upon the important subject of driving metalplaners. The planer used was a 48-in. plane
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