The Supply Department.
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Lubrication and Spring Haulage.
On a visit to Brown Bros. Ltd., of Great Eastern Street, the other day, a representative of this journal was shown several interesting devices which promised to be of service to users of commercial vehicles. The first appliance which attracted his attention was the combined spring and wire tow rope, which is used for the haulage of trailers, etc. The helical compression spring is of strong and novel construction. Internal hooks run down the centre of the spring and grip over the end coils. This design gives great strength. The wire rope is of sufficient strength to tow a heavier vehicle than is likely to be put on the English roads. We hear from Brown Bros. Ltd. that already there is quite a considerable sale for the appliance. The photograph which we reproduce gives a good idea of the rope and spring. Our representative was attracted by a new grease gun which seemed simple and effective. The gun is made of solid drawn brass tubing. When taking in a
charge of grease the charging chamber is withdrawn from the barrel, and inserted in the grease. A half-turn in the grease fills this tube, which is of semi-circular section. It is replaced in the barrel, and the wooden plunger is used for forcing the grease through the nozzle. The introduction of this grease gun should do much to save what is often a rather heavy charge on garages and workships using semisolid lubricants.
The Universal Tool Provider.
Buck and Hickman, Ltd., has long been known for its comprehensive stock of engineers' tools and accessories. A selection of the latest catalogues and lists issued by this company has reached these offices, and it must be said that these latest lists well maintain the standard set up in previous years by Buck and Hickman, Ltd. Tools ranging from heavy engine lathes and automatics to the finest-gauge wire drawers are described, tabulated and priced, in these catalogues ; it would be a rather difficult matter for any garage to find itself in need of a tool of any description which Buck and Hickman, Ltd., could not promptly supply.
A special booklet is devoted to the description of emery wheels of all sizes and sections, and much interesting advice on the use of these tools is supplied, together with an informative treatise on the merits and demerits of this system of metal working. A clear and concise book, of convenient size and strongly bound, is devoted to steels of all sections, and these include ship plating, angle-irons, half-round, hexagon, square and round steels. These supplies are conveniently indexed in the first pages of the catalogue, and at the end tables are given which show stock sizes and weights in pounds per lineal foot. The section list of tubes, cocks, valves, lubricators and general supplies is also worthy of a place on the workshop manager's and foreman's office shelves_