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28th June 1917, Page 19
28th June 1917
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Light your lamps at 9.51 in London ; 11.1 in Edinburgh; 10.18 in Newcastle,; 10.13 in Liverpool • 10.3 in Birmingham ; 10.0 in Bristol; and 10.57 in Dublin.

A Light-van Transmission Repair.

The 8ender of the following communication has been awarded the 10s. prize this week. [1754] }LAI." (West Bromwich) writes :—" On the photograph which I enclose (We reproduce this .herewith.—ED.) are shown two sets of the transmission for a confectioner's light van. One, is the set as it was originally designed, but badly worn ; the other shows the corresponding parts as I remade them. My opinion is that as I made them they will •

wear much better than the existing ones ; they are more robustly built, better suited, in my view, to the rigorous use to which commercial vehicles are subjected, but there were in addition other reasons for the change.

"In the first place it was impossible to get the nece.4sary spares from the makers owing to their being totally engaged upon war work, and also since we could not get a Class A permit ; secondly; it was impossible to get the teeth, which were a feature of the transmission which was on the original design, cut locally thirdly, these parts considered from other points of view were more easily made by the local repair man than as designed by the manufacturer. "Brief reference to the illustration will probably enable the reader to judge for himself which are the new. and which are the old parts, B C I) and E, of course, which are the new parts, being much simpler to make than the others."

A Couple of Useful Hints.

117551 " C.B." (Hornsey) writes To renovate,

an old steel rule and to make the markings more dis"

tinet it should be first washed well with turpentine or petrol, cleaning out all the cut measurement markings with a scriber. The next operation is to give the rule a coat of white paint, which should be allowedalmost. to dry ; then lay the rule flat and scrape off the painti with a wideAnife, afterwards rubbing it with a duster, rag or a piece of cork. The effect, to those who have not hitherto tried this method, will be surprising. Not only does the rule look as good as new, but all the figures and markings stand out in white.

• " In order to produce a sharp edge on such a tool as a chisel without an oilstone, adopt the following method:—Obtain a strip of zinc, and pin it to a flat piece of board. A little fine emery powder and light lubricating oil on this zinc will -serve to make a grand substitute for an oilstone. For a very keen edge, use knife powder instead of emery, and finish on a piece of leather.", A Vice Tool.

[1756] " C.B." (llornsey) writes:—" Difficulty is very often encountered when it is necessasy to hold sheet metal articles in the vice. This is particularly the case if the vice has been used to any extent, as in these.circumstances the jaws are worn and chipped, and are almost invariably out of parallel.

"My method is to use a, piece of 2 ins. by in. flat bar iron and bend it in the form of a giant split pin. The sketch which I enclose (We have had this redrawn and reproduce it herewith.—ED.) will show my meaning. With the aid of this simple fitting, any thin object, such as the one shown in the sketch, can be gripped whilst it is being filed, or otherwise manipulated."


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