Gear Compatibility

Mar 02, 2009 21 Replies

This freebie plastic one from Union Gear & Sprocket runs from 4 to 16 DP, no PA shown. It was given to me and I don't know where to find another one. They don't seem to have a working website.

I look for simple ways to identify stuff I wasn't expecting to find when all I have is the tools in the car, 4" dial calipers, a tape measure, a magnet and a 50 Lb fishing scale. They fit in a coat pocket and are cheap enough to risk losing. On treasure hunts I bring a Morse

1 - 2 sleeve to identify MT1, MT2 and B&S7 tapers. You can check if two tapers are identical by holding them together, facing opposite directions, and measuring across both ends.

If you expect to break a gear, here's a gauge:

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I plan to keep them greased and NOT need it.

Jim Wilkins

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Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

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