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General => Chatter => Topic started by: Vijay on July 28, 2021, 06:58:17 PM
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Just wondered if you guys had any suggestions how I can fix/replace a helical gear on an old chopsaw I have. The teeth are pretty scredded up and not available from the manufacturer as a part. Just seems a shame to throw a complete machine away cos of a gear :(
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I had a cheap chop saw similarly fail with the reduction gear losing teeth.
The only realistic option here (for 1% of the population) is to buy / find another cheap, faulty one for spares to fix it.
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You can buy pre-cut gears from various suppliers.
Only issue would be if yours have special bosses, but it's worth a search or two.
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I had a cheap chop saw similarly fail with the reduction gear losing teeth.
The only realistic option here (for 1% of the population) is to buy / find another cheap, faulty one for spares to fix it.
That's exactly what a place an engineering mate said, find a donor. Likelyhood is very small that I'll find one, local and with the gear in good condition :(
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You can buy pre-cut gears from various suppliers.
Only issue would be if yours have special bosses, but it's worth a search or two.
Looked on Ebay and Google but didn't amount to much. Any ideas what sort of places I should be searching?
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These people are pretty good although I haven't bought gears from them.
https://www.hpcgears.com/
There will be many others, but you'll have to search for them ... it's not really the thing you'll find on ebay.
You could also consider a redesign and fit a toothed belt drive instead. Loads of info on line.
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Thanks Julian, will have a look though and contact them :)