Comments on: Gear cutting with a hobb! http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/gear-cutting-with-a-hobb/ A website for the novice and expert model engineer. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Freeman http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/gear-cutting-with-a-hobb/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Mike Freeman Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:08:28 +0000 http://mikes-models.com/blog/?p=1337#comment-925 Hello Mick, thanks for the comment. I hope you enjoyed your Myford refurbishment as much as I did mine. The gear was for a child's electric jeep that the Dad wished to upgrade both the top speed and its torque. He did this by upgrading the electric motors from 12v to 18v and changing the gearing. A local watchmaker quoted him £500 for the job! I do agree with your comment about readily available replacements though. I was asked to make an end nut for the crankshaft of a vintage BSA motor bike last year and after making the part in stainless steel I found that they were readily available on eBay for a low price! Still I gained in both instances by improving my skills. Its nice to hear from a tackle shop owner though. You may want to have a laugh and look at my brother and myself's fishing website. http://www.dartmouthfishing.co.uk Kind regards, Mike Hello Mick, thanks for the comment. I hope you enjoyed your Myford refurbishment as much as I did mine.

The gear was for a child’s electric jeep that the Dad wished to upgrade both the top speed and its torque. He did this by upgrading the electric motors from 12v to 18v and changing the gearing. A local watchmaker quoted him £500 for the job!

I do agree with your comment about readily available replacements though. I was asked to make an end nut for the crankshaft of a vintage BSA motor bike last year and after making the part in stainless steel I found that they were readily available on eBay for a low price! Still I gained in both instances by improving my skills.

Its nice to hear from a tackle shop owner though. You may want to have a laugh and look at my brother and myself’s fishing website. http://www.dartmouthfishing.co.uk

Kind regards, Mike

]]> By: mike sullivan http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/gear-cutting-with-a-hobb/comment-page-1/#comment-924 mike sullivan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:28:19 +0000 http://mikes-models.com/blog/?p=1337#comment-924 Hi mike, have been taking a keen interest during yor ml7 rebuild ,got one myself and rebuilt it last year from a box of bits!. was looking up some info on gear hobbing and cutting when this page popped up again, was that plastic gear shown in the photo a drive gear for an abu 7000 multiplyer reel by any chance?, not worth making them as they are relatively cheap new, stainless might be a result though, i am forever changing them for customers in my tackle shop, cheers, mick. Hi mike, have been taking a keen interest during yor ml7 rebuild ,got one myself and rebuilt it last year from a box of bits!. was looking up some info on gear hobbing and cutting when this page popped up again, was that plastic gear shown in the photo a drive gear for an abu 7000 multiplyer reel by any chance?, not worth making them as they are relatively cheap new, stainless might be a result though, i am forever changing them for customers in my tackle shop, cheers, mick.

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