. Electric railway journal . Oxy-Acetylene Welding—Fig. 5—Lug Welded on Com-pressor Frame 1440 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIII, No. Oxy-Acetylene Welding—Fig. 7—Worn Area on EqualizerFilled with Welded Steel in Fig. 7 was made with the welder complete and readyfor putting back into service in eighteen minutes at acost of but 48 cents. This equalizer had been worn atboth ends. At one end the depression was 5% in. x 2in. in area x 3/16 in. deep, and at the other end thedepression was 6V2 in. x 3 in. in area x % in- of these depressions were filled in with new steelwhich, whil
. Electric railway journal . Oxy-Acetylene Welding—Fig. 5—Lug Welded on Com-pressor Frame 1440 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIII, No. Oxy-Acetylene Welding—Fig. 7—Worn Area on EqualizerFilled with Welded Steel in Fig. 7 was made with the welder complete and readyfor putting back into service in eighteen minutes at acost of but 48 cents. This equalizer had been worn atboth ends. At one end the depression was 5% in. x 2in. in area x 3/16 in. deep, and at the other end thedepression was 6V2 in. x 3 in. in area x % in- of these depressions were filled in with new steelwhich, while still hot, was hammered flat with a ma-chinists hammer, so that when the welder had finishedthe equalizer was ready for use without grinding ormachining. CHIPPED FLANGE OF WHEEL An interesting repair, which meant the salvage of anew 6254b. cast iron freight-car wheel wasmade by filling in a chipped place with new cast wheel had been chipped in unloading. The missingchip in the back of the flange was 5 in. long x 2V2 and had a maximum depth of V2 in. This newwheel could not be put into service becau
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