MechMan183
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So I discovered this book written in the 1960s called "Gears for Small Mechanisms." It is out of print, but you can find new and used copies on Amazon, albeit for a price. Anyhow, I thought I would mention it as it is a very technical book, really an engineering book I suppose, on designing and manufacturing gears for small mechanisms like clocks and watches and other small devices. Here is the description inside the cover:
Fine pitch gearing presents problems which are not solved by scaling down copies of the gearing designed for power transmission. This book deals with those problems. It covers the theory and practice of the design of very small gears, friction and efficiency of tooth action, design of tools for cutting and generating gear tooth forms, production and testing of gears used in watches, clocks, indicating instruments, automatic control mechanisms, and similar devices.
I thought that since it mentions about gears for watches and clocks, and these, at least clocks, are areas of model engineering, that it might be of good use and interest to people here. Like I said it is quite technical, although I don't think I see any calculus in it.
Fine pitch gearing presents problems which are not solved by scaling down copies of the gearing designed for power transmission. This book deals with those problems. It covers the theory and practice of the design of very small gears, friction and efficiency of tooth action, design of tools for cutting and generating gear tooth forms, production and testing of gears used in watches, clocks, indicating instruments, automatic control mechanisms, and similar devices.
I thought that since it mentions about gears for watches and clocks, and these, at least clocks, are areas of model engineering, that it might be of good use and interest to people here. Like I said it is quite technical, although I don't think I see any calculus in it.
