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* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=80047 "Quartering driver axles", <i>Chaski.org</i>]


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Revision as of 12:56, 17 May 2016


Quartering is the setting of the wheels of a two or four cylinder locomotive to ensure that the crankpins on one side are at 90° to those on the other, in order to ensure self-starting.

Boring Crankpin Holes in the Quartering Machine. From "Locomotive Building"

Methods

Dave Sclavi's quartering jig.

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