Cycle Repairing and Adjusting
With a Chapter on building a Bicycle from a Set of Parts

CYCLE ENAMELLING AND PLATING 71 free from draughts, and be regularly swept out once a week, including the roof, walls, floor* and bench, while the inside of the stove should be wiped out with rag moistened with turps. The rods and hooks should also be wiped over fre- quently, and the floor sprinkled with water before begin- ning work. It is also necessary that the clothes of the operator should be free from dust. The stove should be of a size adapted to the quantity of work likely to be done. For a repairer or agent, a stove holding from two to three sets will be sufficient, and this should be fitted with the necessary heating arrangement to enable a heat of at least 400° F. to be obtained. The handiest and cheapest form of heating for small stoves is gas, using atmospheric burners ; where gas is not available, a large blow-lamp may be used for the very small stoves. The stove should be fitted with a thermometer reading to about 500° F., so attached that the mercury bulb is inside the stove ; or the whole thermometer may be hung inside, and a small plate-glass panel let into the door through which to read it. A ventilator should be fitted in the top of the stove, with means of opening and shutting. The usual sheet-iron flap over the top of the ventilating pipe is not recommended, as it is liable to cause dust to fall inside the stove when being opened and shut. A plain open pipe is better, with a piece of thin board or enamelled sheet iron as a cover, which can be gently lifted on or off without creating dust. If the inside of the stove is left uncoated, it quickly rusts and causes rust particles to fall on the least shaking or knocking ; it should therefore be coated over with any old enamel or japan, the rods and hooks bv