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cone pulley

American  

noun

  1. (on a lathe) a pulley consisting of a conelike arrangement of graduated, concentric pulleys for driving the headstock at different speeds.


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The cone pulley should be perfectly balanced, otherwise at high speeds the lathe will shake or tremble from the unbalanced centrifugal motion, and the tremors will be produced to some extent on the work.

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

A large cone pulley would then be required, but this may be made in the same manner as the small one, which will be described later.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

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 Rose, Joshua

This spindle is provided with an automatic as well as a hand-feed motion, the construction being as follows:— Referring first to the automatic feed, the cone pulley e′, Fig.

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

This pump is operated by an eccentric upon the end of the shaft of the cone pulley.

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

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