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FOR SHRINKING TIRES.A Device Thut C'hii lie Mudo by Any I o tin try lUacksmith.A neighbor blacksmith has made a long step forward in shrinking wagon tirt*s. and the device by which it is done is a very simple affair and can be made by any country blacksmith. The illustration shows the machine complete. The piece marked A is made of :«x3 inch bar iron, and is 12 inches lone*, bent on a curve like a tire. The clamps H and are made of ^x2 inch iron bent '.ike a I with a hole in ‘-acAend. One end is riveted to A. and the other is threaded and has an eve oolt•sto clamp the tire. A set of four tires can be shrunk in ten minutes from the time t] ey are put in tin- lire.1 To use it, set it on tin* anvil, heat a sertion of the tire, take tire out of the fire and set across the horn of the anvil, strike on each side of the Torn with hand hammer, making a knuckle in tire, put tire in clamp with the knuckle between clamps, tighten t ye* bolts, straighten out knuckle with hamuv r. and the job is done.This is much lcttcr than to cut a.ml weld a tire and run the risk of burning it S» ivtliern ( ulti vu tlt;r.
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Lanark Gazette
Lanark, Illinois, US
Wed, Feb 20, 1895
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