[Coco] Re: Look what's on eBay / CGP-115 split gears

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/12/06 8:46:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
gene.heskett at verizon.net writes:

>>  Drill a hole in the centers for the shaft.  Place one on each face  of
>> the broken gear.  Drill 4 small holes through the entire  sandwich and
>> hold the whole thing together with small machine  screws with nuts.  This
>> presupposes that you can find  appropriate hardware and that you have
>> space within the plotter  for the extra thickness of the gear.


This still doesn't guarantee enough friction between the original gear plus  
metal splints, and the shaft itself.  Unless you under-drill the shaft  holes 
and have a really hard press fit of the metal discs onto the shaft --  ugh!

This  'gear' is only 1/4" wide & about 5/16th" in diameter, so this isn't  
practical.


Unless, maybe if 3 of your grandparents were Swiss :-)  Gene is right,  tho 
-- little pinion gear is way too small for this fix.  --Mike K.