back gear
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The head stock of a lathe—the back gear in particular—is about as hard a thing to improve as the link motion of a locomotive.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
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 Rose, Joshua
The various motions of the machine are as follows: There are 16 speeds of work table, 8 with the single, and the same with the back gear.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Various methods of moving the back gear into and out of gear with the cone spindle gears are employed.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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 Rose, Joshua
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