Airco welding of locomotive fireboxes . o o o o. Page Twenty-four I AIRCO WELDING OFDOOR COLLARS N WELDING LOCOMOTIVE door collars the door sheet shouldbe made large enough to include a row of staybolts within itsarea, as shown in Figure 50. Operation 1. Bolt the patch in place by screwing in some of thestaybolts Operation 2. Bevel the edges of the weld joint at 45° on the in-side of the firebox, using an Airco cutting torch with a No. 1 tip. Operation 3. Tack weld for about an inch at 1 and 5, Figure 50,using an Airco welding torch with a No. 8 tip, and 3/16 or % Aircowelding rod. Advance abo
Airco welding of locomotive fireboxes . o o o o. Page Twenty-four I AIRCO WELDING OFDOOR COLLARS N WELDING LOCOMOTIVE door collars the door sheet shouldbe made large enough to include a row of staybolts within itsarea, as shown in Figure 50. Operation 1. Bolt the patch in place by screwing in some of thestaybolts Operation 2. Bevel the edges of the weld joint at 45° on the in-side of the firebox, using an Airco cutting torch with a No. 1 tip. Operation 3. Tack weld for about an inch at 1 and 5, Figure 50,using an Airco welding torch with a No. 8 tip, and 3/16 or % Aircowelding rod. Advance about 10 to 2 and back weld to 1. Weld from3 to 2, 4 to 3 and 5 to 4. Operation 4. Now weld from 8 to 1, 7 to 8, 6 to 7 and 5 to 51 gives an end sectional view of the welded joint of adoor collar. Page Twenty-five ooooooooooooooooooooo o o Y ^ o o o o o o
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