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== Spoke Drivers == | == Spoke Drivers == | ||
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File:AmericanDriveWheelDesign TheEngineer July1889.jpg|Cross section of an American drive wheel, from "The Engineer", July 1889. | |||
File:Driver Cross Section Detail Southern Pacific.jpg | |||
File:Driver Cross Section Southern Pacific.jpg | |||
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== Boxpok Drivers == | == Boxpok Drivers == | ||
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[[File:Boxpok Drivers.jpg|thumb|center|300px|UP 844 Boxpok Drivers]] | [[File:Boxpok Drivers.jpg|thumb|center|300px|UP 844 Boxpok Drivers]] | ||
== Blind Drivers == | |||
A ''blind driver'' is a driver that does not have a flange. This allows the locomotive to negotiate tighter curves. | |||
See also: | |||
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=108663 "Blind driver" on <i>Chaski.org</i>] | |||
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?t=113065 “Blind drivers”, <i>Chaski.org</i>] | |||
* [https://discoverlivesteam.com/2016/08/09/blind-tires-and-flanged-tires/ "Blind tires and flanged tires", <i>DiscoverLiveSteam.com</i>] | |||
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== See also == | |||
[[Driver tire]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_wheel "Driving wheel", <i>Wikipedia</i>] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxpok Boxpok drivers, Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxpok Boxpok drivers, Wikipedia] | ||
* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=100501 "Keying a wheel", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | * [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=100501 "Keying a wheel", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | ||
* [http://sparetimelabs.com/animato/animato/transferseu/3003c.html "Driving Wheels"] | |||
* [http://www.sparetimelabs.com/wheelpatterns/wheelpatterns.php "Making of Wheel Patterns"] | |||
* [http://www.djcooley.com/info/model/drivers.htm "Driving Wheels"] | |||
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=108752 "Driver machining order", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | |||
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=109004 "Spoked wheels in CAD", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:19, 29 November 2023
Spoke Drivers
Cross section of an American drive wheel, from "The Engineer", July 1889.
Boxpok Drivers
A Boxpok driver is a steam locomotive driving wheel that gains its strength through being made of a number of box sections rather than having traditional solid spokes (the name is a variation on "box-spoke"). Being hollow, they allow better counterbalancing than conventional drivers, which is important for fast locomotives. The Boxpok wheel was patented by General Steel Castings Corporation of Granite City, Illinois.
Blind Drivers
A blind driver is a driver that does not have a flange. This allows the locomotive to negotiate tighter curves.
See also:
- "Blind driver" on Chaski.org
- “Blind drivers”, Chaski.org
- "Blind tires and flanged tires", DiscoverLiveSteam.com