Chapter XXVII: =VISE WORK= (Continued)

=Examples in Vise Work= 113 to 127
The various form of connecting rods 113
Solid ended connecting rods 113
Clip ended connecting rod 114
Strap ended connecting rod 115
Double gibbed connecting rod 115
Locomotive connecting rod 115
Bolted connecting rod straps 115
Marine engine connecting rod 116
Tapered connecting rod ends and their advantages 117
Stepped connecting rod straps and their advantages 117
Fitting up connecting rods 117, 119
Welding up stub ends of connecting rods 118
Aligning welded connecting rods 118
Fitting on connecting rod straps 119
Filing out connecting rod keyways 119
Fitting the keys and gibs 119
Fitting connecting rod brasses to their straps 120, 122
The joint faces of connecting rod straps 121
Disadvantages of joints left open to take up the wear 121
Obviating this disadvantage 121
Marking the lengths of connecting rods 122
Fitting up a fork end connecting rod 122
Aligning fork end connecting rods 123
Repairing connecting rods 124
Setting connecting rod brasses together 125
Lining up connecting rod brasses 126
Adjusting the lengths of connecting rods 126
Setting up the keys of connecting rods 126
Shapes of the crowns of brasses 127
Fitting up a link motion 127
Templates for filing the link slot 127
=Case-hardening= 128 to 133
Sheehan's case-hardening process 128
Preparing work for 129
Setting work after 129
Fitting brasses to pillow blocks or axle-boxes 130
Bedding brasses 132
The proper shape for the patterns of brasses 132
=Originating a True Plane= 133
Finding which of three surfaces is the nearest to a true plane 133
Methods of testing the surfaces 134
A new process of originating surface plates 134
The deflection of surface plates 134
=The Friction of Plane Surfaces= 135
=Oiling True Surfaces= 135