. Electric railway journal . his pulley is mounted on a slotted shaft in orderto give free longitudinal movement to the slotting universal joints in the shaft permit free angularmovement of the tool post. As shown in the accom-panying illustration, a pair of small beveled gears trans-mit the power to the slotting saw, and the slottingoperation is performed with the armature fixed betweenthe lathe centers. The longitudinal movement of theslotting saw is obtained through means of the tool postcontrol. Portable Furnace Reduces Labor A portable fuel-oil furnace for heating steel bolstersan
. Electric railway journal . his pulley is mounted on a slotted shaft in orderto give free longitudinal movement to the slotting universal joints in the shaft permit free angularmovement of the tool post. As shown in the accom-panying illustration, a pair of small beveled gears trans-mit the power to the slotting saw, and the slottingoperation is performed with the armature fixed betweenthe lathe centers. The longitudinal movement of theslotting saw is obtained through means of the tool postcontrol. Portable Furnace Reduces Labor A portable fuel-oil furnace for heating steel bolstersand platform knees preliminary to bending them in abulldozer has greatly reduced the labor of handlingthese pieces in the repair shops of the Omaha & CouncilBluffs Street Railway, Omaha, Neb. This portable fuel-oil furnace is shown in the accompanying bends are made in this shop by equipping thewheel press with dies, and whenever work of this natureis undertaken the oil furnace is moved to a point beside. PORTAL LE FUEL-OIL FURNACE IN THE SHOP OF OMAHA &COUNCIL BLUFFS STREET RAILWAY the press, the work of handling thus being reduced to aminimum. The dimensions of the interior of the fur-nace are 12 in. x 18 in. x 36 in. It is provided withcounterbalanced doors at both ends so that long sec-tions of steel may be heated. The furnace is mountedon a substantial angle-iron frame which in turn is sup-ported on 14-in. steel wheels. The oil is carried in astorage tank mounted beneath the furnace and air issupplied through hose connections to the shop com-pressed-air system. The complete furnace weighs ap-proximately 3000 lb., and it may be moved about theshop without difficulty by three men. Storage-Battery Car, West Point, Ga. The illustrations herewith show a 22-ft. combinationpassenger and smoking car of the storage-battery typethat has recently been put into service by the Chatta-hoochee Valley Railway, a steam road which operatesbetween Standing Rock, Ala., and We
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