. The Iron and steel magazine. iVsiDSO Shaft. Weld of Crank Shaft, Manhattan Beach On the Great Lakes, through the enterprise of CaptainJohnson, at that time with the Dunham Towing ^ Wrecking Com-pany, the rudder shoe of the tugboat Sckenck was welded, 125pounds of Thermat being used. The weld was sound — in re]-lac-ing the propeller a chain broke and the propeller dropped on thewelded shoe without injuring it. Some im];ortant repairs of gray iron castings are also re-ported. At the Renovo shops of the Pennsylvania Railroada hydraulic wheel press was repaired, the part welded havingto stand a

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. The Iron and steel magazine. iVsiDSO Shaft. Weld of Crank Shaft, Manhattan Beach On the Great Lakes, through the enterprise of CaptainJohnson, at that time with the Dunham Towing ^ Wrecking Com-pany, the rudder shoe of the tugboat Sckenck was welded, 125pounds of Thermat being used. The weld was sound — in re]-lac-ing the propeller a chain broke and the propeller dropped on thewelded shoe without injuring it. Some im];ortant repairs of gray iron castings are also re-ported. At the Renovo shops of the Pennsylvania Railroada hydraulic wheel press was repaired, the part welded havingto stand a pressure of 60 tons per square inch. The origuial strong back holding the wheel against which the axle was 77/r llicruiii Process in Aiucrican Practice 219 pressed was not stroni]: cnoiuj:h for the jnirpose until repaired by Thermit. Cyhnder eovers are also repaired by Thermit and have been made as good as new. Work with gray iron castings requires more experience, inregard to pre-heating and cooling down gradually — moreThermit is neces

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