So i bought an old electric meat grinder a while back for very cheap because it had a stripped gear. Upon disassembly i found that someone had dropped one of the cover bolts into the gear box, which obviously bound things up. The small gear on the motor was made of phenolic and i assume was designed to fail in such an event. The grinder is a stimpson. Never heard of it? Yea neither has the internet. I have searched high and low for a replacement gear but can hardly even manage to find mention of the grinder at all. One could plausibly find a generic gear somewhere that would work but i have not had any luck.
So my question is would a 3d printed gear hold up? It is the fastest spinning gear in the gear box. Torque is then stepped up through 3 or 4 more large gears.
The broken gear is only about 1.5"x 1" and has 24 teeth. I could supply all of the measurements and pitches. Is something like that very time intensive to draw up to be printed? Estimate cost?
Are there any free programs that i could use to draw it up?
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So my question is would a 3d printed gear hold up? It is the fastest spinning gear in the gear box. Torque is then stepped up through 3 or 4 more large gears.
The broken gear is only about 1.5"x 1" and has 24 teeth. I could supply all of the measurements and pitches. Is something like that very time intensive to draw up to be printed? Estimate cost?
Are there any free programs that i could use to draw it up?
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