. Hardware merchandising 1895 . No. 2. ada; also saddles, rims, spokes, nipples,and lastly, but the most essential part ofevery bicycle, the Morgan & Wright quickrepair tire, of which they are the Canadianagents. With this quick repair tire a punc-ture can be permanently repaired in twominutes (actual time).. CYCLE REPAIRING: BRAZING. THE art of brazing not only requires afair amount of experience, but needsto be performed with the utmost care-fulness and thoroughness. There are twoforms of brazing-solder principally used incycle-work—namely, the granulated and thewire form. The granulated, or


. Hardware merchandising 1895 . No. 2. ada; also saddles, rims, spokes, nipples,and lastly, but the most essential part ofevery bicycle, the Morgan & Wright quickrepair tire, of which they are the Canadianagents. With this quick repair tire a punc-ture can be permanently repaired in twominutes (actual time).. CYCLE REPAIRING: BRAZING. THE art of brazing not only requires afair amount of experience, but needsto be performed with the utmost care-fulness and thoroughness. There are twoforms of brazing-solder principally used incycle-work—namely, the granulated and thewire form. The granulated, or spelter, as itis called, var-ies in regardto the size ofthe grains, andsome work-men prefer thelarge to thesmall grained,especially forlarge brazing -wire shouldnot be hardand stiff, asthe softer it isthe more easi-ly it will melt,and the lessdanger therew i 11 b e o f N°- 3. overheating the steel tubing. Borax isused as a flux. It is best to buy it in lumps,as it is less liable to adulteration in thatform. But it must be ground to a fine pow-der before using. Gas is very much prefer-able to a forge for brazing, as the heat can-not be nicely controlled in a forge, and thetubes may easily be burnt. In any two surfacesto be joined by brazingthe fit should be accu-rate, but not too


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