. Railway mechanical engineer . 2Recpll. Fig, 6—Jig for Babbitting Crosshead Shoes holes through whicli a stick is nni for making the oil holes inthe babbitt of the shoe. A flat plate, D, serves as a cover and ishinged to A, as indicated. It has two slots, 5-in. by 1-in., intowhich shoulder bolts in E enter for holding E and D together; Eis held central in I) by a tongue which fits in a groove running ArcusT, 1915 AGK MKCHANICAI. KDITION till- t-nlirc IciiKtIi of I). It is a wcdgc-sliapcd forKiij,, macliiiifdall over. Dovetailed luiiniies are inacliincd, as indicated on thes


. Railway mechanical engineer . 2Recpll. Fig, 6—Jig for Babbitting Crosshead Shoes holes through whicli a stick is nni for making the oil holes inthe babbitt of the shoe. A flat plate, D, serves as a cover and ishinged to A, as indicated. It has two slots, 5-in. by 1-in., intowhich shoulder bolts in E enter for holding E and D together; Eis held central in I) by a tongue which fits in a groove running ArcusT, 1915 AGK MKCHANICAI. KDITION till- t-nlirc IciiKtIi of I). It is a wcdgc-sliapcd forKiij,, macliiiifdall over. Dovetailed luiiniies are inacliincd, as indicated on thesides. These fit into corresponding dovetailed grooves in p,which is also clamped or holtcd to I) hy four shoulder boltspassing thnni^li the four 1-in. liy lV!<-in. lioles in /. The pur-pose of this ((instriKiion is to ])irniit of re^^ the width. Fig. 7—Valve Seat Port Miller of the babbitted surface in the shoe to allow for the lateralwear of the guide. On the end of £ there is a flange, as indi-cated, provided with a tap hole. Through this hole is screwedthe regulating screw G, by which tlie adjustments are the correct width has been obtained, E and F are securelybolted to the top D. On the lower face of D there are two34-in. by 54-in. grooves H, into which are inserted correspond-ing pieces, wdiich are held by set screws, for the purpose of


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