. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Louisville & Nashville Railroad March, 1900. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEEKING 103 have a plan for making eccentric camsand straps of a standard size and designwhich could be copied with good resultsby some others. The axles are of as fewstandard sizes as is possible. The camsare first bored out for this exact size andslotted for the keyway. They are thenput on a mandrel. With the centers laidout with the proper throw for this par- An Examination Question. BY C. B. CONGER. One of the boys in the primary cla
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Louisville & Nashville Railroad March, 1900. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEEKING 103 have a plan for making eccentric camsand straps of a standard size and designwhich could be copied with good resultsby some others. The axles are of as fewstandard sizes as is possible. The camsare first bored out for this exact size andslotted for the keyway. They are thenput on a mandrel. With the centers laidout with the proper throw for this par- An Examination Question. BY C. B. CONGER. One of the boys in the primary classwrites that the master mechanic askedhim a hard question the other day, and hewould like a start, so that he can answerit. The question was, Follow the courseof the water from its entrance into the of the objects of Locomotive Engineeringis to furnish its readers with informationthat will help them out when they areasked hard questions. Some master me-chanics ask these hard questions to set themen thinking, with the hope that mentalexercise will make them brighter in thelong ARMORED TRAIN THAT WAS WRECKED BYBOERS. ticular type of cam and the outside turnedoff to a standard size which makes all thecams of this type interchangeable, a newone will go right on the axle and have thesame throw and lead the old one straps are also a standard. All thecams and straps are cast at one foundry,of the same grade of iron for the cams,and the proper quality of iron in the strapsto give good service. The straps have a
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