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From Drivers and Mechanics.

29th August 1912, Page 20
29th August 1912
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A Useful Wall Press.

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[1104] "X." (Cardiff) writes :—" I send you a sketch of a screw press [We have had this re-drawn. –ED.] that I made for use in the garage in which I am employed, some little time ago. I have found it of great service, as it may be used for so many different jobs, either removing or fixing the numerous fittings that are used on motor chassis. Things such as gear wheels, couplings, brake-drums, pins, etc., all enter into its scheme of usefulness. It possesses many advantages over the ordinary cast-iron frame press, as it is not limited in reach or in depth, and is more or less portable. The standard links should be about 20 in. long, and the other links can be made to suit any special work that may be required. The screw is 2 in. in diameter, and is of in. pitch. The links are made from la in, square iron, and the two bars resting on the bottom of the links are 2 in. square. For ordinary use the press should be supported against the wall on two brackets, which should be about 4 ft. from the ground. As the sketch is to scale, your readers will be able, with the few dimensions I have given, to work out suitable sizes for the rest of the fittings.

A Converted Wagon.

[1105] " D.B." (Kettering) writes :—" The wagon that I drive is of standard brewer's type, with railed sides and back. During the recent labour troubles, I was told off to take coal from the station. This coal was very small, and I had to make some provision for getting it into the wagon and keeping it there during the journey. I got the works carpenter to make three boards, one for each side and one for the back, to fit inside the wagon, and deep enough to reach up to the top rail. These were made of timber I in, in thickness; they had a, bolt-hole at the top front end of each side, so as to bolt them to the wagon. The backboard was fitted inside the sideboards, and this was bolted both at the top and the sides. We then put two bolt holes right down into the frame so providing six bolts in all. I found that the wagon would carry 51 tons quite easily when these boards were fitted. When unloading I took off the original back at the hinge, and then knocked tin the two bottom bolts, which allowed the backboard to swing out, the two top bolts acting as hinges. The coal was then easily cleared out. The boards can be removed in five minutes, and the whole fitting only took two hours to make."

A Mileage Record. rno6] " H.B." (Gravesend) writes :—" I am sending you an account of the 12-months mileage done with a 5-ton Foden steam wagon which is in use by my employer, who is a builder in a large way of business. The wagon is used for hauling building material from London to jobs in the country. She works on an average for five days a week and has a shed-day' on Saturday, when she is cleaned up and adjusted. The average load taken is S tons, and this, of course, means on both backward and forward journeys.

" The following week's work may be of interest to you to show what the wagon does. We left London at 9 a.m. on Monday morning, laden with 8 tons of Portland stone for Syringham, North Bucks. We returned unloaded to London on the Tuesday after noon, having covered a distance of 117 miles. e then loaded up again with 8 tons of Portland stone as before, and left for the same destination early on Wednesday morning. We got back again in London at 9 a. in on Thursday morning, the trip showing a. similar mileage to the first journey. We then loaded. up with 7 tons of building plant, and left London on Thursday night for Ramsgate, There we unloaded and returned to town at 12.30 midnight on Friday, having notched a mileage of 144. To make up the week's work, on Saturdays, we washed out the boiler, which had steamed tor nearly 400 miles in all during the week. " Other interesting little trips which we have made recently include three journeys from London to Higham, near Canterbury, a total distance of 384 miles in a week. We have frequently run journeys. of 40 and 45 miles each way for several days on end, although, when we are fully loaded, the wagon is rather heavy on country roads."

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