Valve setting: simple methods of setting the plain slide valve. Meyer cut-off. Corliss. and poppet types (1908)
Collins, Hubert Edwin, 1872- · New York [etc.] Hill publishing company · leaf 144
it is run (Fig. 138) until the mark on the valve stem isflush with the stuffing box and make the cam fast to the shaft by meansof the set screw. This will give yVi^ valve opening when the crank is THE PUTNAM ENGINE 133 on the center. With the cam of exhaust valve 4 proceed in exactly thesame manner… … FIG. 136. — NEW-STYLE REGULATOR. FIG. 138. Proceed with steam valve 3 exactly as with 2, allowing only 3V of aninch lift to the valve. The reason for doing this is because the pistontravels much more slowly in the crank end of the cylinder than in the 134 VALVE SETTING head end and does not need…
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