IMPROMPTU THIN WASHERS
Sometimes a very thin washer is required to take up a small amount of wear at some particular part of the car. It is quite impracticable to file down an ordinary washer to the special degree of thinness needed, which is usually loss than l-100th of an inch. It is therefore, useful to know that the airtight tinned-iron cover soldered on certain sorts of cigarette tins is very suitable material for thin washers. The inner hole of the washer can be easily cut out with the point of a pen-knife, with compasses or dividers, or failing these means being available, the edge of a suitable sized coin can be used to mark out the hole. The outer edge of the washer is easily cut with scissors.
One of the largest omnibus orders on record has been received by a wellknown British firm from a Belfast company in competition with the corporation tramways. The order involves £176,000, and covers 50 double-deck ’buses and 50 single-deckers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 25 (Supplement)
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167IMPROMPTU THIN WASHERS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 25 (Supplement)
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