back gear
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Another plan is to let the back gear move endwise and bush its bearing holes with hardened steel bushes.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The worm-gear has 40 teeth, and the worm is triple threaded, thus making a back gear equivalent to 40⁄3, or 131⁄3 to 1.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
In this machine the motion for both drilling and turning is received by belt on the cone pulley shown on the right, which is provided with back gear similar to that of a lathe.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Motion to the drill spindle is conveyed by belt from a pulley on this same live spindle, hence the same cone pulley and back gear are utilized for either drilling or turning.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
As shown in the sketch, g is in one of these grooves while h is the other, but when the back gear is in, g would be in h.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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