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Show Paper Car Wheels. In making papor car whoels, 120 to ISO layors are put tocether with flour paste and suhjectnl to a pressure ol 600 tons while at a toupernture cl 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Tho blocks are then turned In a lathe, slightly larger than the tire, and tho holo U bored for tho cast Iron center. In turning, th? papor blocks mako a shaving that resembles strips ot loaUier. The avcrago llio cf tho tire ot a papor wheol Is nnout 300,000 miles That represents about one tnd one-quarter inch wear. The centers do not seom to bo affected by sorvlco and (Ley aro always gcod for rcnowal ot tltcs unloss somo accident h ...pons o them. |