[TowerTalk] TIC plastic gears

[Lux, Jim]

What about Stock Drive Products:
https://www.sdp-si.com/products/Gears/Index.php

specifically

http://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/?cid=p207&filter=a6%3A2%3A55.0&sort=a59&view=table


They've got a fair number of 1/4" bore, but you need to know pitch, face 
width, etc.


Here's an example:
http://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/product/?id=A_1P_2-Y48055C



On 1/6/23 8:18 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Good luck with finding one. There are many gear suppliers online but buying
> a small quantity is challenging.  I would try McMaster-Carr.  Maybe another
> option is 3D printing if you have solid modeling software. Make sure that
> the plastic gear is tight against the rotating shaft to prevent slippage and
> wear.  I put a screw in the side of my housings to keep the potentiomenter
> bracket in position.  About a decade ago I needed a couple of the steel
> gears that fit on the 10mm windshield wiper motor shaft and was unable to
> purchase them, at least not for an affordable cost.  I wound up having to
> buy gear stock and machine them myself on a lathe.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Zivney, Terry N4TZ wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a source for the small plastic gear that fits on the
> multi-turn pot inside the Tic-Gen ring rotor motor box? The one that lost
> some teeth
> had 55 teeth, was 7/8 inch OD and had a metal insert to fit the 1/4 inch
> shaft of the pot.  I have a replacement from the pot removed from a
> slave motor which didn't need the position indicator, but I would like
> to have a replacement for just in case.  These motors were late 1990's
> vintage, with the sheet metal box, and the 1022 size ring.
>
> I don't want to have to go to the external pot assembly TIC-Gen uses now.
>
> Terry N4TZ
>
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