Abstract: A tool for use in a lathe for truing railroad wheels comprises a plurality of cutting tools mounted on a common tool carriage. One of the tools is independently movable relative to the other tool or tools so that the rolling surface and wheel flange of a worn wheel may be trued in a single axial cutting stroke of the tool carriage. The arrangement is such that the movable tool is withdrawn after cutting at least a portion of the worn rolling surface, and another tool cuts the remaining defective stock of the rolling surface as well as the wheel flange.
Abstract: A tool for use in a lathe for truing railroad wheels comprises a plurality of cutting tools mounted on a common tool carriage. One of the tools is independently movable relative to the other tool or tools so that the rolling surface and wheel flange of a worn wheel may be trued in a single axial cutting stroke of the tool carriage. The arrangement is such that the movable tool is withdrawn after cutting at least a portion of the worn rolling surface, and another tool cuts the remaining defective stock of the rolling surface as well as the wheel flange.
Abstract: A vertical boring and turning mill has a base and a rotatable table supported on the base as well as an upright frame carrying a horizontal cross beam, which in turn carries a plurality of horizontally adjustable slides or carriages. Each slide or carriage supports a vertically adjustable tool slide or support. The vertical carriages of at least two tool supports are coupled to each other in such a manner that at least two supports have a common drive and control mechanism, whereby substantial savings are achieved.