back gear
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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 Joshua Rose
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
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
The back gear is arranged to drive the spindle direct without the power requiring to be transmitted through a shaft, which induces vibration.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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
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