Machining Frame Cross-Ties, ICS # 2359, Edition 1, published International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1944. Reprinted by Nation Builder Books, Leesburg, VA, 2006 reprint of 1944 original, 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 48 pages, plus 5 plates laid in.
Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original.
This is a rare text from the end of the great steam locomotives era. As is usual with most correspondence course booklets by the International Correspondence Schools, this is richly illustrated with dozens of crisp line drawings. Contents include:
- Introduction
- Purpose of Frame Cross-Ties
- Choosing the Machine
- Planning the Work
- Checking the Cross-Ties
- Guide Yoke Cross-Tie
- Machining the Cross-Tie
- Number of Set-Ups
- First Set-Up
- Machining During First Set-Up
- Second Set-Up
- Machining Second First Set-Up
- Laying Off for Drilling
- General Principles of Laying Off
- First Set-Up
- Second Set-Up
- Drilling
- Reverse-Shaft Cross-Tie
- Machining the Cross-Tie
- General Description
- First Set-Up
- Second Set-Up
- Laying Off for Drilling
- Setting Up Cross-Tie
- Drilling
- Bumper Bracket
- General Instructions
- Purpose
- Surfaces to be Finished
- Checking
- Laying Off Bumper Bracket
- Necessity for Laying Off
- Method of Laying Off
- Machining the Bracket
- Planer Work
- Slotting
- Boring
- Laying Off for Drilling
- Laying Off Centers on Surface
- Laying Off Surfaces
- Laying Off Center-Pin Hole
- Frame Filling
- Purpose
- Surfaces to be Machined
- Laying Off for Slotting
- Setting Up on Slotter
- Laying Off for Drilling
- Drilling
- Rear Frame Cross-Tie
- Description
- Planing
- Laying Off for Drilling