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lienee tne need 01 more Knowledge m road building. Benjamin I\ Ware, in * »olt;)d Idalt; 1 s.FOR SHRINKING TIRES.A Device Tlmt Cun Ho HIilt;lo by Any Country lilarksniith.A neighbor blacksmith has made a long step forward in shrinking wagon tires, and the device bv which it is done is a very simple affair and can be made h\ any country blacksmith. The illustration shows the machine complete. The piece marked A is made of •:xllt; inch lar iron, and is 1*J inches long, bent »»n a curve like a tire. The clamps U and C are made lt;f bjx2 inch iron bent '.ike a (’ with a hole inmg. give keep the appear, t) weather; mats to p plants at t should b frame thr make strlt; plantingput t hem and place will bec( and read\ cold vveat can he pi disturhin rows twe from rov rich, loai very imp' for t he m ly so flt; r shipping.end. One end is riveted to A. aud the other is threaded and has an eve olt to 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 ho use it, set it on tin* anvil, he.at a section of tin* tire, take tire out of the lire and set across r he horn of the anvil, strike on each side of the horn with Land hammer, making a knuckle in tire, put tire m clamp with the knuckle between damps, tighten eye-bolts, straighten out knuckle with hanmv r, and the job is done.This is much bettor than toeuti.ua weld a tire and run the risk of burning it Southern Cultivator.SiThere truth in “S. iiu* pt all kinds unfa vi ra this i' pa t ram ion lt;and their know tin househot leaf and new won a ha bv tlt; conscious and in pi fill llOUM find stan best gnv*
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Lanark Gazette
Lanark, Illinois, US
Wed, Feb 20, 1895
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