In making a small steam engine it was desired to use seamless brass tubing for the cylinders. To have them exactly alike a piece of tubing of the right size and of sufficient length for both cylinders was fitted on a wood mandrel, A, and the ends trued up in a lathe. As these cylinders were to fit into holes bored in a steel bedplate, it was necessary to have a flange at one end. A groove was turned in the tubing B in the center, and as a final operation a parting tool was used on the line CD. This resulted in a pair of cylinders flanged to fit the bedplate. - Contributed by Harry F. Lowe, Washington, D. C.

Ill: A Wood Mandrel Used to Face the Ends and Turn Flanges on Tubing for Cylinders