Source for 'Round' rack and pinion gear

That sounds like a very light unit. I suggest simply replacing it. But if you want to, you can actually fix yours. File the broken teeth off, braze the entire gap solid, and file new teeth into the brazing material. Probably strong enough for that thing. And it will let you brush up on your brazing and filing chops.

GWE

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Have you checked the Boston Gear catalog? If they don't have a match, they might have something better. That said, it might be time to buy a new one, they're cheap enough and good for decades even if you buy chicom stuff.

So turn a "rack"! Just space a bunch of grooves on the ram to match the pitch of the pinion. Should be good enough for the light duty that that thing is good for. Alternatively, a chink unit will be cheap and have far more capacity than that little unit. Sounds like something used for benchrest reloading with straightline dies.

Stan

Thanks Eric,

I'll give these folks a call. It's the mating pinion that is all buggered up, and they should have one.

Up front, I want you to know I agree with your sentiments so maybe you can explain the double standard. Why is only the "n-word" unspeakable and not the "c-word" and "s-word"? And the "h-word", "g-word" (twice), "p-word", "r-word", "b-word", etc?

--Andy Asberry--

------Texas-----

Dunno, I've been called a Gwilo, a Yonguk, a Honky and a short, fat bastard in my time. Are those ok?

Mark Rand RTFM

I have been called on the carpet for using the term "chinaman" being corrected that it was in fact a pejorative term. While I have since avoided using "chinaman" in any context where offense may be inferred, I am at a loss to understand why it is so when words like Scotsman, Norseman, and the like are never considered pejorative.

I had previously considered that "chinaman" simply rolls off the tongue of an English speaker with greater ease than "chineseman", and hence this is why it had been adopted. One makes these assumptions at their own risk.

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then they come up with this striped stuff.