. Electric railway journal . Saving $ to permit its use as a handle, and a round fiber shield isalso applied at the middle of the pipe to protect the handof the operator from the arc. Each welder is guarded aboutthe head and eyes by a hood made of canvas and framedwith light tin in the form of a head band. The hood carriesan eyepiece of red, green or blue glass. A canvas shieldalso separates the two operators. The chief supplies necessary for this work are the carbonpencils, welding powder and additional metal. The carbon June 21, 1913. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1103 is Y% in. in diameter
. Electric railway journal . Saving $ to permit its use as a handle, and a round fiber shield isalso applied at the middle of the pipe to protect the handof the operator from the arc. Each welder is guarded aboutthe head and eyes by a hood made of canvas and framedwith light tin in the form of a head band. The hood carriesan eyepiece of red, green or blue glass. A canvas shieldalso separates the two operators. The chief supplies necessary for this work are the carbonpencils, welding powder and additional metal. The carbon June 21, 1913. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1103 is Y% in. in diameter and 6 in. long, costs about 3 centsand will last a full working day. Instead of a flux, thecompany simply uses for cast-iron parts a white weldingpowder which costs but 8 cents per lb. Pure Norway iron For the week ended Jan. 25, 1913, the record was as shownin Table I, which is printed on the opposite page. In addition to the work tabulated, dowel holes were re-filled in thirty-seven armature caps, seventeen axle caps and. Third Avenue Welding—Scene in the Welding Basement, Showing Operators Standing on Insulating Mats While at Work free from carbon is used for any work which necessitatesfinishing—namely, boring, turning, planing, drilling, etc. COSTS AND SAVINGS The following data, which are taken from the weeklyreports of the electrical foreman to J. S. McWhirter, su-
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