. The Street railway journal . e the shoe to clatter. Our road has some badgrades, and we have had trouble with the brake beams becomingsprung, causing the shoes to wear more at the top than at thebottom. I have not yet found any way of overcoming this unevenwearing. Homer Tice, Master Mechanic. Poughkeepsie City & Wappingers Falls Elec. Ry. Co. ♦♦♦ SHOP DEVICES No. 31.—There is always a demand for information relativeto labor-saving devices and schemes for the shops. If you areusing any novel device or labor-saving scheme not recently de-scribed, please send description and photographs or dra
. The Street railway journal . e the shoe to clatter. Our road has some badgrades, and we have had trouble with the brake beams becomingsprung, causing the shoes to wear more at the top than at thebottom. I have not yet found any way of overcoming this unevenwearing. Homer Tice, Master Mechanic. Poughkeepsie City & Wappingers Falls Elec. Ry. Co. ♦♦♦ SHOP DEVICES No. 31.—There is always a demand for information relativeto labor-saving devices and schemes for the shops. If you areusing any novel device or labor-saving scheme not recently de-scribed, please send description and photographs or drawings. BORING BRAKE HANGERS One of the most essential features of brake rigging is the properposition of the shoes on the wheel, and a much neglected detailpertaining to the subject is the boring of the brake hangers. With-out uniformity in the hangers, poor braking and improper wear ofthe wheel and shoe is sure to result. In order to eliminate troubleof this nature, and at the same time materially reduce the labor. JIG FOR BORING BRAKE HANGERS, BUFFALO costs, the jig shown in accompanying illustration was designed. The undrilled hanger is first drilled on one end, centered by theeye only. It is then placed in the jig and the pin inserted in hole 78 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 2. governing the length required. By means of a set screw in back(not shown in the illustration) the hanger takes the correct posi-tion without further adjustment. The hole is then drilled, thedrill being guided by a steel bushing. The jig is suitable forany length of hangers from 6 to 10 ins., increasing in steps of y^ a time. J. A. Hanf, Gen. Foreman Shops,International Ry. Co., Buffalo. GRAINING WOOD A device that we have lately put into service, and which hasalready proven itself a money saver, is an outfit for transferringthe natural grain of wood to our sash, etc. While the apparatus is in no way a new thing, it is not (to our No. 33.—Is it practicable to use soda ash for
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