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back gear

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noun

  1. (in a lathe) one of several gears for driving the headstock at various speeds.


Other Word Forms

  • backgeared adjective

Example Sentences

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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 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

This is the position of i when the back gear is not in use, the motion of the cone being communicated to s through i.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

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