A practical treatise on coach-building, historical and descriptive : containing full information on the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c. (1881)
Burgess, James W · London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. · leaf 90
is axles the required pitch, within half a degreeor so, and the patent axle-set is, unfortunately, not capableof being adjusted to an idea. AXLES. 79 Fig. 21 shows a contrivance for setting the axles whencold, and consists of au iron bar a, 2 feet 1 inch long, andabout 2 inches square at the… … Fig. 21. the axle-arm. In setting the axle the eye is slipped on toabout the centre of the arm ; the clevis, d, is placed on thebar a, near the end; the fulcrum, b, is placed at the shoulder,either on top or underneath, according as the axle may berequired to set in or out. When the fulcrum is laid…
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