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Posted by dpb on August 21, 2006, 3:27 pm
C Exner wrote:
> I have a two-sided wood fireplace with a broken cast iron gear. The
> person who could fix it indicates that the old gears he has on hand are
> too wide (about 1 1/2 inches in diameter). This is a slim gear (about 1
> 1/8 inches in diameter). The broken gear is 5.5 inches long and must be
> longer. The person who could fix it indicates that any gear with the
> same diameter will be the appropriate length (it needs at least an
> extra 1/2 inch). Does anyone know who might collect these and have
> them for sale? To reproduce it in steel will be at least $800, I am
> told.
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The "person who could fix it" can't??? I don't follow... :)
How is the present one broken? Depending on the type of break, a good
welder could have at least a reasonable shot at repairing it if it is
really something no longer obtainable.
I also don't understand how if it is the existing one it needs to be
longer (and don't understand "longer" in a gear, either, for that
matter). If you mean the hub isn't the right thickness then one has to
either assume it isn't actually the right gear to start with or there
is a missing bushing, perhaps. If the latter, wouldn't it be possible
to make up the missing amount w/ a bushing, or is there something else
missing in the place it's supposed to be? Or, I suppose the break
could be around a set screw hole opening???
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