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  1. 25th March 2009, 03:34 PM #1
    Nurgle
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    Default Metal replacement gears for the Sieg mill & lathe

    Hi, somewhere I have seen people replace the plastic gears in their Sieg lathe & mill with metal ones...

    are these available commercially, and if so has anyone bought and used them.. how good are they, what were the costs (all the accessories are now worth more than the machine) and where dod I get them..? Local or international.?

    Regards
    Andy
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  3. 26th March 2009, 12:02 PM #2
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    No idea what's available locally, but if you want to import little machine shop has that sort of stuff

    http://littlemachineshop.com/
  4. 26th March 2009, 12:06 PM #3
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    For the mill, forget the metal gears and just get the belt drive.

    Not sure if any of the Sieg lathes have plastic gears. My C6 has only metal gears.
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  5. 27th March 2009, 11:23 AM #4
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    Default It's the 'fuse'

    Just a word of caution about replacing plastic gears with metal ones...... in many cases the plastic gear is considered a sacrificial gear and is designed to fail under "catastrophic" failure. This is to prevent a greater damage to other less replaceable parts in the drive. It acts as the ''fuse' to prevent even more serious damage.
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  6. 4th April 2009, 09:02 PM #5
    Nurgle
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    Default Thanks for the info bough belt drive

    Hi,

    have just ordered the belt drive upgrade kit for my Sieg X2 mill. not arrived yet.

    Thanks to all for the input.

    regards,
    Andy
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