. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lities within it, but in its capacity ofa grinder or polishet on certain work, thisobjei lion can liardK bold. ( hit illustration ol the motor rigged upa .1 polisher for casehardened links, fur-nishes an instance in point. Those of uswho have tried to get a polish on the sur-fai e ol a link jusl out .it tiie casehardeningbox can understand something of theurn 1 alii effort required to either supportthe link on a wheel, or to get back to firstprinciples and work thi down byhand with emerj cloth, a
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . lities within it, but in its capacity ofa grinder or polishet on certain work, thisobjei lion can liardK bold. ( hit illustration ol the motor rigged upa .1 polisher for casehardened links, fur-nishes an instance in point. Those of uswho have tried to get a polish on the sur-fai e ol a link jusl out .it tiie casehardeningbox can understand something of theurn 1 alii effort required to either supportthe link on a wheel, or to get back to firstprinciples and work thi down byhand with emerj cloth, as is still the\ ogtte in many sbops to-day. This device consists of a cylinder 2]4inches in diameter with the usual wingedpiston, and also the usual eccentricity ofpiston and cylinder axes. The piston isextended to a piece of round iron intowhich it is tapped, and on the outside ofwhich is placed a piece of rubber emery cloth is wrapped around ; ;i and bi >th are fastened in position bymeans of caps at the ends. One handle1- cast on tin- cylinder-head, and the other. COMPRESSBD-AIE POLISHING DEVICE. American engineers objected to runningit. An English engine-driver happenedalong looking for a job, and he was giventhe Fairlie to run as a helper on a man made a mistake that called forten days suspension, and an extra engi-neer was sent to take his place. The Eng-lisb engineer explained to his locum-tenens till about the peculiarities of theengine, the levers that had to be pulled tomake it go in the desired direction, theplaces that had to be oiled, and the rock-ers, bell cranks and attachments that hadto be kept in working order. When thelocuin-tenens had listened to till thedirections about working the engine, beremarked: Now. friend, you go right onrunning this engine and Ill take the tendays.—Extract from article by AngusSinclair in Pall Mall Magazine forSeptember. i $ $ It is a gratifying sign of progress to 51 esome effort made to tear away f
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