What books are a good place to start on gears? This is looking at
gears used for positioning mechanisms and rotational movement.
No truck transmissions, just applications useful for lathe and mill work.
Gear Cutting Practice 20889 $15.95
Reprints so production methods are not current, but good info on
nomenclature, etc. Also Gengry in his "make your own.." series
has info on cutting gears on the cheap.
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for making gears in the home shop and a more technical discussion
on, and calculations of both cycloid and involute gears see
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FWIW - The workshop series is very good. I don't have all the
books, but all the ones I do have are well worth the money.
The videos from Little machine Shop are also highly recommended
by others on this NG. I have not seen it myself.
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Gear cutting practice - Colvin and Stanley - Lindsay Publications
(1937) Reprint.
I highly suggest you get this even if you find a wonderful college text.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
or go to amazon books and search for 1559180889 the isbn number
8 used or new - from $11.00.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
the two best books I've seen and bought on gears are
Machinery's Handbook
expensive but explains all the common standards for gears and gear
cutters ...among a million other things related to machining.
Ivan Law's book 'Gears and gearcutting' published for about $20 aus by
the people who publish Model Engineer in England.
an absolutely clear explanation of the theory and how to go about gear
cutting in a home setup.
Stealth Pilot
Perhaps you're looking for engineering design information. If so, try
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Expensive and only 10 pages summarizing spur gear application but lots more
coverage of more advanced gearing. Use interlibrary loan.
My old 3rd edition of Spotts, 'Design of Machine Elements' offers 48 pages
on spur gears
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Boston Gear has a free tech file on gear theory:
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Wikipedia offers what looks like an extensive discussion:
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DAGS:
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Try modifying
the search with the addition of 'application' or 'installation' or
'adjustment' or whatever it is exactly that you're looking for.
David Merrill
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> Gear cutting practice - Colvin and Stanley - Lindsay Publications > (1937) Reprint.
> I highly suggest you get this even if you find a wonderful college text. >
> Martin
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> Martin H. Eastburn
> @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
> TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
> NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
> IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
>
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> Louis Ohland wrote:
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>> What books are a good place to start on gears? This is looking at gears
>> used for positioning mechanisms and rotational movement.
>>
>> No truck transmissions, just applications useful for lathe and mill work. >
>
See if you can find a used, older edition. Or two or three.
As technology changes, the editors remove some stuff (like
blacksmithing and metal shapers, and add other stuff, like CNC code and
polycristaline coated tools.
As examples, above!
Dunno about your area, but I can find the odd older copy in a used
bookstore for around $20 or sometimes less.
Cheers
Trevor Jones
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