. The Locomotive . Circle on Cylinder- Tin pi ate. Fig. 3. such as that shown in Fig. 3 may be used. For the crank end a woodenplug similar to that shown in Fig. 4 should be made. This plugshould be turned and bored in the lathe so that the center of thesmall hole passing through it and the center of the plug itself willbe identical. These two fixtures are installed on the cylinder as shownin Fig. 5. One end of the line is tied around a short stick or rod,as shown in Fig. 5, and is then passed from the head end of thecylinder through the hole in the tin plate, which should be no largerthan to
. The Locomotive . Circle on Cylinder- Tin pi ate. Fig. 3. such as that shown in Fig. 3 may be used. For the crank end a woodenplug similar to that shown in Fig. 4 should be made. This plugshould be turned and bored in the lathe so that the center of thesmall hole passing through it and the center of the plug itself willbe identical. These two fixtures are installed on the cylinder as shownin Fig. 5. One end of the line is tied around a short stick or rod,as shown in Fig. 5, and is then passed from the head end of thecylinder through the hole in the tin plate, which should be no largerthan to just permit passage of the line, through the hole in the plugat the stuffing box and continued several feet beyond the center of. Taper to permit easy entranceof plug in stoffing box.^ Lines morhcdwith oid ofmachinists center sqoarcat 90° to e-och other i WWM^. ^ V/ — Vs or^ie hole. [ 1 ^^^^^ W Eqool to twice thediameter of the plug- r/fehole. Fig. 4. 19-^ THE LOCOMOTIVE 203 < ^::: ^ Short sTiCK orheovywireTo hold and of linz. the crank shaft as indicated in Fig. 6, to a point on a standard or postthat has been erected in a thoroughly secure position for this convenient method for locating this end of the line — and the same scheme may also beused at the cylinderend — is as illustratedin Fig. 7 on page notched piece ofsheet metal is clampedto the post until itscorrect position is ac-curately determinedand it is then securelyfastened to the 1 i n e i s runthrough this notchand fastened on thepost at some convenient point. This method of providing two fixedpoints through which the line may be run is adopted so that the linemay be removed or replaced when it is found necessar
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