The boys' book of engine-building; . Vs inch thick, 1% inches wide and 3%inches long and bend over one end % inch. Drillfour %2-inch holes in this plate at one end % inchapart and two holes through the angle plate %inch apart as shown in Fig. 61. Screw or rivetthis plate to the lower cross bar and you have thefront frame ready for the buffer beam. The truck hanger, which supports the enginetruck frame and forms the bearings for the truckwheels, is made of two brass bars %6 inch thick,% inch wide and 2V2 inches long; the bars canbe made of a strip of brass or, better, they can becast in brass.
The boys' book of engine-building; . Vs inch thick, 1% inches wide and 3%inches long and bend over one end % inch. Drillfour %2-inch holes in this plate at one end % inchapart and two holes through the angle plate %inch apart as shown in Fig. 61. Screw or rivetthis plate to the lower cross bar and you have thefront frame ready for the buffer beam. The truck hanger, which supports the enginetruck frame and forms the bearings for the truckwheels, is made of two brass bars %6 inch thick,% inch wide and 2V2 inches long; the bars canbe made of a strip of brass or, better, they can becast in brass. Whichever kind you use the endsmust be set at an angle of 90 degrees to the crossbar to form bearings for the wheel axles. Drill a %-inch fcole through the end of eachbar and two %2-inch holes, % inch from themiddle of each bar. Screw the truck hanger sidebars to the truck hanger cross bar and then 162 The Boys9 Book of Engine-Building pivot the lower cross bar of the frame to thetruck hanger cross bar; to do this make a collar, i /. j/»- e3/6 CROSSB/JZ i * ^ To O FRONTFM/fME
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