Bevel gears wanted

2.5" -

justifiable.

Buy two old Stanley hand drills at a boot fair and use the bigger of the pair of gears from each. (or maybe there is a Chinese or India copy of the Stanley out there?)

AWEM

I think they might be too big, from what I recall. Also possibly not

45 deg teeth. Actually some people do use the complete 'gearbox' from a cheapo hand drill for engine controls, but that's where reduction gearing is needed. Much closer to what I need would be two of the *small* pinions from a Stanley 1/2" 2-speed breast drill, the open geared type, but again the teeth may be at the wrong angle & the chances of picking two of them up at the right price in the next couple of weeks must be small. I actually wore out the small pinion on mine years ago, when I was younger & more energetic!

Pic of what I'm aiming for (Roughly, not a museum standard replica):-

Thanks

Tim

available

replica):-

Blimey that's a tad crude ! As for the drills, here's one:

And here's another:

AWEM

The forward and reverse box on Volvo Penta stern legs have something similar. As it's always the bottom bevels that die the F & R gears seem to accumulate. Dare I mention I have the odd set in my shed? :-)

Tom

The two large gears from those drills won't mesh at 90º because they aren't 45º bevels. Only 1 : 1 are 45º bevels.

Tom

Tim

I am sure I have seen gears thet would suit your purpose in car differentials.

Ian

Trailer landing legs.

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John Stevenson Nottingham, England.

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?? As in artic trailer?

Cheers Tim

No harm mentioning it, but the airfreight might be a bit alarming :-( The backplate hasn't turned up yet, & this job needs sorting within 2 weeks so hitching them to a passing freighter wouldn't be an option.

Outdrives don't see much use on the canals, so I wouldn't know where to start looking around here.

Thanks

Tim

If one of those particular ones can be removed for a while, Do you know anyone with a small foundry or induction furnace that could rattle off a couple of copies for the odd gallon of diesel and some cast iron stock???

They'd end up too small, but that isn't a problem with bevel gears, just mount them to suit.

Mark Rand RTFM

Yup there are a pair in the top of each quite crude. trailer spares places used to sell them but I bet on cost it's a new leg now and they don't repair them so you may get lucky and find a bent pair.

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It's not overdue yet. I checked the date and it's still inside the delivery parameters. But I expected better since it is supposed the be "air". I sent a swag of calendars off to the UK before Christmas and apparently none ever got there. :-(

Tom

Thanks John.

I'll give my customer the challenge of trying to track some down. Keeps him out of my hair & saves him money at the same time

Cheers Tim

Tim,

I'd cast you a pair but the furnace is disconnected in preparation for another (hopeful) move.

AWEM

Andrew

Very kind of you not to offer

Thanks

Tim