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NEW aids to road safety arc always welcome, and the Notek Electric Co., Ltd., 23, London Road, Bromley, Kent, announces two such items shortly to be made available. the first is the Glotnaster heavy-duty red reflector fitted with a 3-in, prismatic lens. The light rays from a headlamp are intercepted and reflected over a wide radius. It is to be produced in two types—one for flush mounting, and the other with angle bracket and flexible support.
The second accessory takes the form of a selfcontained warning light which can be set down in the road alongside a broken-down vehicle. It can also be used when parking. The lamp gives a clear, red beam of light visible for more than 1,000 ft., the special Mazda bulb consuming only 0.15 watt per hour.
Current is obtained , from a dry battery contained in the waterproof metal base of the accessory. The bulb and its surrounding fittings are protected from accidental damage by a guard rail. This useful lamp is known as the Flarcmasier. There is nothing new in a valve refacer, but interest is added to such a device when, with the addition of special attachments, rocker-arm grinding and valve-stem grinding can be carried out with precision. These are features of the Wolf precision valve grinder made by Wolf Electric Tools, Ltd., Pioneer Works, Hanger Lane, Ealing, W.5.
The valve-stem grinder allaciment incorporates micrometer adjustment, so that it is almost impossible to ruina valve by removing excess metal from the stern, .
The Weaver twin-post lift gives a degree of accessibility to ' the underside of a vehicle equal to that obtained when using a pit. One of the posts can move only up and down, whilst the other can also be adjusted longitudinally to accommodate vehicles having different axle centres.
• Air and oil are the operating media, the compressed-air supply •being obtained from any type of air corn pressor of suitable capacity. It takes tip to I minutes to attain full height, the lowering time being about three minutes.
The design is such that either the front or the rear of a vehicle may be lifted if required. When lifting a vehicle on an uneven 'keel, the movable post accommodates itself so as to maintain the 'axle it is carrying over the centre line of the post.
This lift, which is made by the Weaver. .Manufacturing and Engineering Co., Ltd., .Bedford, is made in 3i-, 7iand 10-ton sizes.
Made by the Elms Garage, Birmingham, 31, the Lightning piston-ring clamp is of one-piece construction and can be manipulated by the finger and thumb. A pivoting tongue member is passed through an appropriate slot in the overlapping end of the clamp and the piston rings are compressed in their grooves without further adjustment. Releasing the pressure enables the clamp to be moved over the skirt ring.
The Autoriveter, made by the same concern, is a brake and clutch-refacing tool with a wing-nut adjustment. Anvils of various sizes are housed under the handle.
Starting from the centre, the rivet is placed in position on the anvil, and the wing nut is turned until the clamping handle has returned to the normal position. The head is then pushed to the depth of countersink by further movement of the hanille, and this clamps the facing to the shoe or plate. One or two sharp blows on the head of the striker above the anvil spread the rivet evenly, and a uniform rivet depth is ensured.
The price of a set of three pistonring clamps, covering piston diameters of 2.150 'ins. to 3.375 ins., is 15s, The Autoriveter costs £1 16s.