- A
- Absorbent, acetone as an, [26], [31]
- — asbestos as an, [31]
- — charcoal as an, [31]
- — mineral wool as, [81]
- Acetone as an absorbent, [26], [31]
- Acetylene cylinders, construction of, [31]
- Acetylene gas, temperature of flame of, [1]
- Adapter, types of, [46]
- Aluminum, backing up in welding, [114]
- — charcoal in welding, [116]
- — contraction and expansion in welding, [116]
- — clamps, use of in welding, [115]
- — crank cases, welding, [118]
- — filler-rods in welding, [112], [115]
- — flux method of welding, [109], [111]
- — oxidation of bright surfaces in welding, [113]
- — preheating in welding, [116], [117]
- — preheating, method of, [52]
- — puddle and flux systems of welding compared, [111]
- — puddle method of welding, [109], [111]
- — strains, avoiding internal, [118]
- — suspension arm of crank case, repairing, [118]
- — tip used in welding, [109]
- — welding, [109]-[117]
- — welding from one side, [114]
- Apparatus, classes of welding, [19]
- — desirability of securing the best, [144]
- — emery wheel, need of, [41]
- — high-pressure welding, [20]
- — low-pressure welding, [19]
- — medium-pressure welding, [19]
- — metal top table, disadvantages of, [39]
- — mixing chambers, [21]
- — oils and grease to be avoided, [37]
- — oxy-acetylene, for cutting, [125]
- — regulator, [22]
- — — types of, [24]
- — required in welding, [19]-[26]
- — — replacing lost cross-bar, [46]
- — setting up, manner of, [31], [32]
- — shop equipment, [39], [43]
- — shutting off, procedure in, [35]
- Apparatus repairs, [44]-[50]
- — — adapters, types of, [46]
- — — gauges, operation of, [49]
- — — gauges, safety, [47], [48]
- — — hose clamps, [45]
- — — hose, repairing leaky, [45]
- — — leaks, method of locating, [44]
- — — leaky threads, repairing, [44]
- Asbestos as an absorbent, [31]
- — in aluminum welding, [116]
- — paper cover protection, [55]
- Automobile frame, welding, [91]
- Automobile, propeller shafts, welding, [95]
- Axles, automobile, welding, [95]
- B
- Blow holes, causes of, [65]
- Boiler flues retipping, [98], [99]
- Boiler, “corrugated” patches, [102], [103]
- — “dished” patches in repairs to, [101]
- — “L” patches in repairing, [103]
- — repairing, [99]-[101]
- Borax as a brass flux, [107]
- Brass, alloy of, [106]
- — filler-rod in welding, [106]
- — flux in welding, [107]
- — fumes in welding, [108]
- — melting-point, [106]
- Brass welding, [106]-[108]
- Bronze for welding purposes, [123]
- — welding malleable iron with, [121]
- C
- Carbon burning, [135]-[144]
- — — in gasoline engine, [136]-[139]
- — — theory of, [139]
- Carbonizing flame, [34]
- Cast iron, welding of, [58]-[80]
- — — — — blow holes, causes of, [65]
- — — — — charcoal as preheating agent, [76]
- — — — — combustion head of cylinder, repairing, [78], [79]
- — — — — contraction of metals in, prevention of, [71]
- — — — — expansion and contraction of metals, [65]-[67]
- — — — — filler rod, [61]
- — — — — flux a cleansing agent, [61]
- — — — — flux, manner of application of, [62]
- — — — — flux, simple substitute for, [61]
- — — — — gasoline engine cylinder block, repairing, [75], [76]
- — — — — gear wheel teeth, three ways of restoring, broken, [71]-[74]
- — — — — hardening parts by use of carbonizing flame, [74]
- — — — — lugs, welding on cylinder block, [80]
- — — — — methods of distinguishing metals, [60]
- — — — — preparations for, [67]
- — — — — procedure in, [63], [64], [67]-[70]
- — — — — successful weld, criterion of, [75]
- — — — — tip, size of, [63]
- Cast steel, procedure in welding of, [88]
- Charcoal as an absorbent, [31]
- — as preheating agent, [76]
- — in aluminum welding, [116]
- Clamps, inadvisable in welding aluminum, [115]
- Contraction and expansion in aluminum welding, [116]
- — — — in preheating, [53]
- — — — in welding steel, [87]
- Contraction of metal in welding, prevention of, [71]
- “Corrugated” patch, method of making, [102], [103]
- Crank cases, aluminum, repairing, [118]
- Crank shafts, welding methods, [93], [94]
- Crater, development and removal of, [88]
- Cross-bar, replacing lost, [46]
- Cutting by oxy-acetylene process, [6]
- Cutting with oxy-acetylene, [125]-[134]
- Cutting torch, welding torch and, compared, [127]
- Cylinder block, repairing cast-iron gasoline engine, [75], [76]
- Cylinder bore, device for polishing, [79], [80]
- Cylinders, acetone as absorbent in, [26]
- D
- Decarbonization of automobile engines, [136], [139]
- Demand for oxy-acetylene operators, [17]
- “Dished” patch in boiler repairs, [101]
- E
- Emery wheel, value of in welding shop, [41]
- Expansion and contraction of metals, [65]-[67]
- — — — in welding, [87]
- Explosions, precautions against, [37]
- F
- Feather flame, [33], [35]
- Filler rod, [89]
- — — in brass welding, [106]
- — — in welding malleable iron, [122]
- — — metal in, [61]
- — — used in aluminum welding, [112]
- — — used in welding steel, [82], [91]
- Fire brick, in aluminum welding, [116]
- — — preheating oven of, [54]
- — — table, [39]
- Flame, carbonizing, [34]
- — feather, [33], [35]
- — neutral 33, [35]
- — oxidizing, [34]
- — torch, cutting under water with, [133]
- — varieties of, adjustment of, [32], [33]
- Flashbacks, causes of, [21], [22]
- — prevention of, [22]
- Flux, application, manner of, [62]
- — container, [42]
- — in brass welding, [107]
- — office of, [61]
- — substitute, a simple and effective, [61]
- G
- Gasoline engine, carbon, how to remove from, [136]-[139]
- Gasoline tanks, necessity for caution in repairing, [103]
- Gauges, operation of, [49]
- — safety, [47], [48]
- Gear wheel teeth, three ways of restoring broken, [71]-[74]
- Glossary, [145]-[148]
- Goggles, eye, [35]
- H
- Hardening parts through use of carbonizing flames, [74]
- Heat in welding malleable iron, [123]
- High-pressure regulated, [24]
- Hose, armored, used on oxygen line, [133]
- — clamps in repairing, [45]
- — leaky, [45]
- L
- “L” patches, [103]
- Leaks, method of discovering, [44]
- — repairing threads, [44]
- Lectures, [149]-[166]
- Low-pressure regulator, [24]
- Lugs, welding on cylinder block, [80]
- M
- “Maine,” battleship, wreck cut up with oxy-acetylene gas, [6]
- Malleable iron, bronze, welding with, [121], [123]
- — — clean surface, necessity of in welding, [122]
- — — heat in welding, [123]
- — — melting to be avoided, [121]
- — — preheating unusual, [123]
- — — steel strips in welding, [123]
- — — welding, [120]-[124]
- Metals, methods of distinguishing, [60], [87]
- Mineral wool as an absorbent, [31]
- Mixing chamber, [21]
- N
- Needle valve, regrinding leaky, [26]
- Neutral flame, [33], [35]
- O
- Oils and grease, importance of avoiding use of, [37]
- Operation in oxy-acetylene welding, [27]-[38]
- Operator, standing position of, relative to work, [32]
- Overhead welding, [105]
- Oxidation of bright surfaces in aluminum, [113]
- Oxidizing flame, [34]
- Oxy-acetylene, cutting metals with, [6]
- — flame, varieties of adjustment of, [32], [33]
- — in airplane construction, [9]
- — in automobile manufacture, [10]
- — in boiler shops, [10]
- — in brass and copper work, [10]
- — in commercial welding, [11]
- — in electric railways, [11]
- — in foundries, [11]
- — in lead burning, [12]
- — in lumber mills, [12]
- — in machine shops, [12]
- — in manufacturing, [12]
- — in mines, [13]
- — in pipe work, [13]
- — in plate welding, [13]
- — in power plants, [13]
- — in railroad work, [13]
- — in rolling mills, [14]
- — in sheet metal manufacture, [15]
- — in shipyards, [15]
- — in the forge shop, [11]
- — in tractor industry, [16]
- — lake boats cut apart by, [8]
- — operators, demand for, [17]
- — scrap cut up by, [6]
- — scrap yards, [15]
- — structural steel, [15]
- — torch as fire department tool, [7]
- — torch can be used under water, [8]
- — varied uses of, [9]
- Oxy-acetylene cutting, [125]-[134]
- — — apparatus for, [125]
- — — arrangement of oxygen line, [125]
- — — cutting torch, extemporizing a, [132]
- — — flame, cutting under water with, [133]
- — — flickering of oxygen jet, [127]
- — — high-pressure and low-pressure regulators compared, [127]
- — — hose, armored, in, [133]
- — — pressure of acetylene and oxygen, [129]
- — — steel and cast-iron, [131]
- — — torch in preparing steel, [131]
- — — torch, cutting and welding compared, [127]
- — — torch, using cutting, for welding purposes, [133]
- Oxy-acetylene welding, apparatus required in, [19]-[26]
- — — a fusing process, [62]
- — — auto-frame repairs, [4]
- — — classes of apparatus, [19]
- — — containers, seamless, made through use of, [3]
- — — definition of, [1]
- — — fire-brick table, [39]
- — — future of, [17]
- — — growth of process, [8]
- — — locomotive frames, [4]
- — — metal-top table, disadvantages of, [39]
- — — mixing chambers, [21]
- — — operation in, [27]-[38]
- — — principle of, [125]
- — — repairs through, [3], [5]
- — — shop equipment, [39]-[43]
- — — variety of applications of, [3]
- Oxygen, cylinders, [27]
- — gas, result of too much, [35]
- — office of in combustion, [27]
- — table of different pressures of, at various temperatures, [29]
- P
- Preheating, aluminum, [117]
- — asbestos paper for oven, [55]
- — charcoal in, [53]
- — extraction and expansion in, [53]
- — drafts, protecting work from, in, [54]
- — fuels used in, [53]
- — in aluminum work, [116]
- — ovens, [56]
- — reasons for, [51]
- — setting up work, [56]
- — torch for, burning city gas, [54]
- — varied heats for different metals, [52]
- Preheating agencies, [51]-[57]
- — — fire-brick oven, [54]
- — — ovens, [55], [56]
- — — torch, burning city gas, [54]
- Propeller shafts, welding automobile, [95]
- Puddle method of welding aluminum, [109], [111]
- R
- Regulator, care of, [25]
- — construction and action of, [22], [23]
- — types of, [24]
- Ring gears, building teeth on case-hardened, [96]
- Retort cement, [42]
- S
- Sheet steel and iron, welding, [89]
- Ships, repairs to seized German by acetylene process, [5]
- Shop equipment, [39]-[43]
- — — blacksmith forge, [42]
- — — carbon rods and blocks, [43]
- — — emery wheel, [41]
- — — fire-brick table, [39]
- — — flux container, [42]
- — — retort cement, [42]
- — — ventilation, [43]
- Sparks, characteristic thrown off by emery wheel, [59]
- Spring’s, welding, futility of, [92], [93]
- Steel, automobile frame, welding, [91]
- — automobile axles, welding of, [95]
- — automobile propeller shafts, welding, [95]
- — boiler flues, retipping, [98], [99]
- — boiler repairs, [99]-[101]
- — cast, procedure in welding, [88]
- — construction and expansion in welding, [87]
- — “corrugated” patch, [102], [103]
- — crank-shafts, welding of, [93], [94]
- — craters, formation of, in welding, [88]
- — definition, [81]
- — “dished” patch in boiler repairs, [101]
- — filler-rod used in welding, [82]
- — filler-rod to be used in welding, [97]
- — flame control in welding, [81], [82]
- — hard spots, formation of in welding, [89]
- — heat treatment in welding unequal sized pieces, [97]
- — internal strains in welding, [100]
- — “L” patches, [103]
- — metals, methods of distinguishing in welding, [87]
- — methods of welding, [82]-[86]
- — outside appearances in welding, [87]
- — overhead welding, [105]
- — sheet, welding, [89]
- — speed required in welding, [97]
- — springs, inadvisability of welding, [92], [93]
- — susceptibility of when molten, [97]
- — teeth, building up of, [96]
- — vertical welding of, [104]
- — weld, broken, method of repairing, [96]
- — welding, difficulties of, [81], [92]
- Steel welding, [81]-[105]
- T
- Table of different pressures of oxygen at various temperatures, [29]
- Tanks inflammable gases, caution to be used in welding, [103]
- Teeth, building up of, [96]
- Temperature of acetylene gas flame, [1]
- Tip, size of in welding, [63]
- V
- Ventilation, [56], [108]
- — importance of in welding shop, [43]
- Vertical welding, [104]
- “V-ing” metal in welding, [63]
- W
- Welding, aluminum, [109]-[117]
- — brass, [106]-[108]
- — cast iron, procedure, [67]-[70]
- — malleable iron, [120]-[124]
- — methods of distinguishing between metals, [58]
- — sparks in determining kind of metals in, [58]
- Welding of steel, [81]-[105]
- — — — broken weld, manner of repairing, [96]
- — — — cast, procedure in, [88]
- — — — contraction and expansion in, [87]
- — — — crank shafts, [93], [94]
- — — — craters, formation of in, [88]
- — — — filler-rod in, [91]
- — — — hard spots, formation of in, [89]
- — — — heat treatment in unequal sized pieces, [97]
- — — — methods of, [82]-[86]
- — — — overhead welding, [105]
- — — — springs, futility of welding, [93]
- — — — teeth, building up of, [96]
- — — — vertical welding, [104]
Wiley Special Subject Catalogues
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