. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . BROKEN LOCOMOTIVE CYLINDER. abuse. In starting welding no brushingor chipping is necessary. The makers of the machine are strongin their advocai > of the short arc andhave so arranged their machine that thelength of the arc under any given con-dition is thus controlled and so arrangedas to be in the hands of the welding fore-man only; as in any weld known, witha long arc, the metal is not only oxidized and cooled in passing from the electrodeto the work but there is a good chancethat it wi
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . BROKEN LOCOMOTIVE CYLINDER. abuse. In starting welding no brushingor chipping is necessary. The makers of the machine are strongin their advocai > of the short arc andhave so arranged their machine that thelength of the arc under any given con-dition is thus controlled and so arrangedas to be in the hands of the welding fore-man only; as in any weld known, witha long arc, the metal is not only oxidized and cooled in passing from the electrodeto the work but there is a good chancethat it will not enter the crater moltenbowl where the arc is striking. We wouldlike to again repeat, no special electrodeis necessary for the use of this A. but that we consider that the best. LOCOMOTIVE CYLINDER AFTER REPAIRBY ELECTRK \\ ELDING. electrode is none too good for the advanceof welding as a whole. As examples of the welding that hasbeen done with this machine reproductionsof photographs arc presented showing abroken locomotive cylinder before andafter welding and an exceedingly neat jobof flue welding in a locomotive boiler. The actual costs of arc welding, espec-ially in railroad work are so compara-tively low relatively to any other methodthat the replacement value of the part re-paired is about the only value in general the piece could be saved inno other way, for instance: Locomotive cylinder piece welded in:cost $15, saved $1,100. Locomotive engine frame welded inplace: cost $10, saved $500. Crack in the flue sheet welded : cost $8,saved $300. Flues welded in the tire box end: cost$10, saved 3 years calking. Transmission poles welded where cor-roded : cost $3, saved cost of new pole. Frogs and turnouts welded to size:cost $5, saved cost of ne
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