Cyclopedia of mechanical engineering; a general reference work. Editor-in-chief Howard Monroe Raymond. Assisted by a corps of mechanical engineers, technical experts, and designers of the highest professional standing (1908)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Raymond, Howard Monroe · Chicago American Technical Society · leaf 240
jiarti-cles. It never receives the steady pressure of the lathe tool,hence its powers of endurance must be greater. Lininj; Shafting. In e<]uipping a shop, the fwst work oftlie machinist is the erection of tlie shafting. Tlie main lineshouhl lie tlie first laid out, and the engine, together with… … lining the shaft, a level and a fine grass or silk line are indispen-sable. The line is tightly drawn, horizontally, a short distancefrom the position it is desired that the shaft shall occupy, andthe distance from the surface of the shaft to the line is measuredand made equal near each hanger by a…
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