leaving the subject of b#7ings, I would mention The distance apart that the bearings should be placed is an im- as if it would be expensive that there are examples of cast iroD boxes, in use in woolen portant consideration. Modern millwrights differ slightly in. to make, and just the thing… … have bound or cramped the spindle, Why, those clamp box- shaft in the center of the mill, and the line extended each. The box had been originally made to fit the journal loose- way from this. The head shaft being, say 5” diameter, the ly, and it had not worn enough to make it fit over one shafts…
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