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Show OXYACETYLENE CUTS REPAIR EXPENSE Modern automobile repair shops all over the United. States have adopted . the oxy acetylene process of metal welding. weld-ing. It Is said that the cost of repairing broken and worn equipment in this manner man-ner has been more than cut in two. "Metal-uuttlng equipment is a valuable adjunct," says Manager K. E. Darling of the Monarch Motor company, local agents for Prest-O-Lite dissolved acetylene, acety-lene, "to any portable oxyacetyTene outfit. out-fit. Its advantages in all cutting operations opera-tions on wrought iron and steel are manifold. mani-fold. The cutting blowpipe enables the operator to cut through any thickness of metal up to fourteen inches. In clearing a wa y debris in rail road w rec k s, ex p-sions. p-sions. dismantling strnctural Iron build -lug frames, etc.. a single operator can do the work of a large gang of men in less than one-fourth the time taken by old wrecking methods. In cutting away corroded cor-roded or burnt metal, preparatory to patching by welding, the cutting operation saves considerable time and expense over older methods. In cutting up heavy scrap Into smaller sections for handling, much time and money is saved, thus increasing increas-ing the profit resulting from its sale as junk. Portability In any cutting outfit is Important, especially in outside work, when the a pparatus has to be hauled from place to place. The Monarch Motor Mo-tor company sells Prcst-O-bite dissolved acetylene in portable cylinders in any ' quantity." , |