. The Street railway journal . FIG. 5.—CONTROLLER. FIG. 6-CAR WITH CARD MOTOR EQUIPMENT. a commutator is made it will sometimes need turningoff. To do this in the old way necessitates the takingof the armature from the motor and sending it toa lathe, perhaps in some machine shop some distanceaway. Here a careless workman, perhaps, may throw out and the turning attachment shown in Fig. 4. The speedcan be made anything desired, and as good a job of turn-ing done as in any lathe. A view of the controlling stand is shown in Fig. operating handle is connected by gears to the switch 382 THE ST


. The Street railway journal . FIG. 5.—CONTROLLER. FIG. 6-CAR WITH CARD MOTOR EQUIPMENT. a commutator is made it will sometimes need turningoff. To do this in the old way necessitates the takingof the armature from the motor and sending it toa lathe, perhaps in some machine shop some distanceaway. Here a careless workman, perhaps, may throw out and the turning attachment shown in Fig. 4. The speedcan be made anything desired, and as good a job of turn-ing done as in any lathe. A view of the controlling stand is shown in Fig. operating handle is connected by gears to the switch 382 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 6. cylinder, and immediately under the cover is the reversingswitch, the handle extending through the case at theright. On the longer shaft are placed eight cams insu-lated from it by heavy hard rubber tubing and secured byhard rubber pins. Beside each cam is a switch fastened


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