Definition of Hobbing

1. Verb. (present participle of hob) ¹

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Definition of Hobbing

1. hob [v] - See also: hob

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hobbing

hoazins
hob
hob-nailed
hob-nob
hobbarddehoy
hobbarddehoys
hobbardehoy
hobbardehoys
hobbed
hobbedehoy
hobbedehoys
hobber
hobbers
hobbetyhoy
hobbies
hobbing (current term)
hobbish
hobbism
hobbist
hobbit
hobbitlike
hobbitry
hobbits
hobbitses
hobbity
hobble
hobble-bush
hobble-bushes
hobble skirt
hobble skirts

Literary usage of Hobbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gear-cutting Machinery: Comprising a Complete Review of Contemporary by Ralph Edward Flanders (1909)
"Of course all of the hobbing machines we have described are adapted for ... There are some limitations to the hobbing process of cutting helical gears. ..."

2. Gear-cutting Machinery: Comprising a Complete Review of Contemporary by Ralph Edward Flanders (1909)
"Of course all of the hobbing machines we have described are adapted for ... There are some limitations to the hobbing process of cutting helical gears. ..."

3. Gear Cutting in Theory and Practice by Joseph Gregory Horner (1914)
"CHAPTER XV GENERATING BY hobbing THE foregoing selections of spur-gear cutting machines illustrate the best and highest practice of leading firms in these ..."

4. Shop Mathematics by John Michael Christman (1922)
"XXXV ROBBING SPIRAL GEARS CHANGE-GEAR RATIOS IN AUTOMATIC GEAK-hobbing MACHINES Fig. ... When bobbing spiral gears in an automatic gear- hobbing machine, ..."

5. Spiral and Worm Gearing: A Treatise on the Principles, Dimensions by Erik Oberg (1914)
"The worm itself should first be accurately finished as it can be used advantageously in testing the center distance when hobbing the worm- wheel. ..."

6. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1919)
"GEAR-hobbing MACHINE. shown at A, Fig. 35, by which the gear is cut and generate! may be considered a rack. Each row of teeth when se: at the helix angle, ..."

7. Hartness Flat Turret Lathe Manual: A Hand Book for Operators by James Hartness (1915)
"... and a keen cutting edge; they take a clean cut without any of the burnishing or rubbing action which always accompanies the hobbing or tapping of dies. ..."

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