The Art of Generating Gear-Teeth (Classic Reprint)

A clear, practical survey of gear-teeth generation machines and how they work in real practice.

This edition explains how to generate tooth curves with accuracy, not just how to use pre-shaped cutters.

The book concentrates on generating machines for gear teeth, separating them from those that rely on formed cutters. It blends theory with hands-on guidance, showing how to design and use machines that reproduce the correct tooth curves. Through concrete examples, it explains the motions and adjustments needed to produce spur and bevel gears, including both involute and epicycloidal forms. Readers will see how the relative movement of cutter and blank reproduces the smooth-pulley action that gears aim to imitate, with attention to practical machine configurations and adjustments for different gear sizes.

• Foundational ideas about gear tooth geometry and the goals of generation
• Historical methods and early machines used to generate spur and bevel gears
• Concrete descriptions of how to set up tools, blanks, and feeds for accurate tooth profiles
• Discussion of involute and other tooth forms and how to adapt machines to them

Ideal for readers of engineering history and practitioners who want a solid, hands-on introduction to gear-generating machines and their practical capabilities.