The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-27

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Blacksmiths charge /
30 cents per wheel. or 81 per wagon
for setting tires. and every one knows
that after the dry spell is over and the |
wood In the wheels becomes soaked up |
with moisture instead OF air. they 'lhe
wheels mus; OF necessity SVEN, OF Nlo-
late a law OF nature. As they cannot
swell any larger In circumference on
account OF the tire. they turn out-oF
dish. as we call it-aud thereby great
ly weaken the wheel. 4 wheel Win
too much dish 60 very easlly
broken down. and can never DC
depended upon until u Is entirely re-
built, so Il VIII be seen that 10 set tres
Is only equal 10 running the wheel a
new wagon does not need the tires SCI
simply because the woodwork Is iul' oil
moisture and oil when the tire is SCI
and the paint prevents all evaporation
Of the moisture and oil, hence OF
course. the tires remain tight Now. II
will occur to many that n We keep ihls
paint from coming on. the wood VIII
not shrink and the tires VIII remain
tight This Is strictly true, nut nov
can we DO IL? Some will say. Paint
the wagon wheel often" Very wen.
this Is a good plan; but how many oil
us do ~ when a nCg wagon is ABOUT
one year Old the paint has got ruDoeu
on and the tires can be seen TO DC
slightly loose-that n. a well-dennel
crack can be seen where the iron anu
wood touch each other. Now, could THIS
tire be shrunk about one-slxteenth OF
an inch q would be perfectly ught anu
20 through the summer all right hut
we can not get a smith TO do 80 delicate
Job. lie must shrink them nearly an
inch and put them on quite hot aud
tighten up the wheel" In either OF
these cases the wheel viii swell out OF
shape. more or less. after wet weather
comes On. Now. as the tires be-
come loose because the OIL and mois-
ture cyaporatc out Of the wood, why not
remedy the evil by supplying the oil
and moisture? We al know that u we
should suhmorge the wheels In n pond
OF water they would soak up perfectly
tight and az good as new. but Will soon
dry out and be az bad as ever. Ihis
could not happen II the wheels we're
thoroughly painted before they dried
cut. 80 Il will be seen that 70 swell the
wood with water aud then prevent II
escaping by painting the wheel takes
the place OF setting tires and avoids
after dishing OF wheel BY the same
rule. n a wheel With a freshly-set tire
be well painted the wood can not alb
sorb moisture. and OF course can not
swell and dish out OF shape But there
Is a better way than all this. Il Is to
run the felloes In hot oil There are
iron and zine troughs made Tor thla
purpose. The zinc or galvanized iron
are the cheapest. and. 10 my notion, the
best Take a good-aizcd sheet OF zinc
sheet-lfon or corrugated iron. say two
feet 81 four feet. ana cut a slot In the
middle 10 sink The OH trough through
having the trough drop nearly but not
quite through. Nail THIS metal TO the
edges OF two six-lnch amp boards and
stretch the boards on the ground and
pin them solid with old harrow teeth
Build a ere OF old shingles under the
oil trough. that Is about half full Of
paint oil. then set up two posts with
spikes driven IN them 10 hang th,
wheels on. used a tumhling rod 10 q
horsepower. but a crowbar or pos
nugor viii do as well. Mark the top Of
the hub. and Just as soon as the OF
comes 70 a boil. turn the wheel unit
the next spoke "a down In the oil. II
about a minute the oil will boil again
and you must turn the wheel agail
Serve the wheel this way three times
and the hot oil will drive out all the ai
IN the pores OF the wood and take pos
session OF the pores Itself As soon o.
the wheel "a turned a little. the oil OF
the iClloo will De constantly seen q
bubble. which Is the air coming out o
the pores to give place 10 the oil
Should the wheel IN any one place b
allowed 20 boil fifteen minutes. a
wood will De- ruined and viii break Of
shor; Just like cast-lron will. 30 you Sc
there Is "too much OF a good thing" O
running q wheel In hot oil. A smaI
piece OF shlngle must be added to "a
Gre at every spoke OF the wheel.
have an old casJ-iron cooks,oyo bottol
that has a low place Ia the center. an
by putting the oil In this deprctslo
and setting the stove bottom upon ID
legs and building a IRE undor q. goo
iob can be done. Il takes about hall
gallon OF oil tn start with. and a ha
gallon more win be enough Tor on
farm wagon. a buggy and cart and PEI
haps a pair OF hay rake wheels. Thcl
are two don'ts, and they are. Don
boil the wood over half a minute. an
don't attcmp, 10 do the Job In tho On
barn. Take a good. pleasant. dry ia!
and 90 the sob well. and the Oh wi
only cost you 30 cents Tor the half 90
lon used. The rim OF the wheels wi
:. absorb so much oil that q real hot da
viii expand @ so as 20 have Il start on
y some To make perfect JOB. paint n
y wheels well after olllug them. How
z over. without painting the JOB viii lal
y year, and q repeated yearly the tlr,
i viii never become loose and hence nee
= mover be reset by shrinking. Il wi
y take as long 10 80 20 the shop and wa
q for the rcsettiug OF the tires as Il wi
l. TO OH thrcc wagons. and the bin for r,
. setting will be g. per wagon. while u
a oil would only cost 90 conta.
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