Gears & Gear Cutting

by Ivan R. Law

Book Overview

Gears in one form or another are part of most mechanisms, but they are by no means as simple as they may appear. This book explains simply and comprehensively the underlying theory involved, and in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0092FPZOA
• ISBN13: 9780852429112
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Special Interest Model Books
• Length: 136 Pages

Customer Reviews

A Meaty Little Book

This book is a bargain. It is not a substitute for the bigger and more costly books for a professional engineer specializing in gearboxes, I suppose, but I think the average hobby metalworker will actually get more out of this one. It is intelligent without being terribly technical or theoretical. With this plus Machinery's Handbook, you can do a lot with gears. Just the form-relief cutting machine described towards the end is worth the price of the whole book.

another excellent Workshop Practise book

This book tells you everything there is to know about gears - how they work, the various types, implications of various designs, limitations, and most importantly, how to build them. Ivan covers all the common types of gears experienced in the home workshop/ model engineering spheres. He takes the time to explain the mathematics when presented, but also acknowledges that an understanding of the maths is not an absolute pre-requisite to making the gears. Various methods for making gears is covered, and the manufacture of jigs, and cutters is covered with sufficient depth to allow most people to make their own tooling. I have been extolling the value of the Workshop Practice series for years, and know they are targeted at all levels of enthusiasts from the novice to the considerably more experienced. This book has enough information to satisfy the intermediate and advanced level person happy, whilst still being totally understandable to the beginner.

Great info!!

The information it's just what I wanted, it's easy to understand, all you need to know about gears and what to do with them.

GREAT BOOK!

Excellent book for the mechanical enthusiast! Well written, with enough drawing aids, it does not require high math skills! You must know a little bit of miling operations and machines to get the full photo of the book!

Review of Gears & Gear Cutting

This is the most informative book on gear cutting that I have ever read. Even though the "Machinists' Handbook" covers gears in more precise mathematical detail, this book was written to educate the hobby or amateur machinist on how to both design and make several types of gears (spur, worm, bevel). The author educates the reader on gear theory, and then on how to make the gears on inexpensive hobby lathes/mills. In addition, he covers how to make gear cutters inexpensively, and use them to make the gears. The language he uses is simple and concise, yet he covers gear theory enough so that the reader has advanced knowledge of the fundamentals necessary to design thier own gears and gear trains. I have no negative criticism to offer of this book - it was exactly what I was looking for, and my money was well spent.