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| tomrux:
"magnet just barely sticks to it" any sort of attraction at all means it is ferous. brass or bronze will not have any attraction. touch it with a dremel grinder, sparks will tell ya. I'm with the others more hassle than worth. just buy one. Tom R |
| sparky961:
According to Wikipedia (famous last words), aluminum bronze and manganese bronze both contain iron. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_copper_alloys I'm guessing you wouldn't notice any attraction with your typical refrigerator magnet, but with a high-powered neodymium magnet I've noticed attraction to a lot of things I wouldn't have thought to be magnetic. I'll see what I can find out for replacement part cost from the usual sources. -Sparky |
| loply:
Well at least they did the sensible thing and made the gear out of soft material and the shaft out of hard material! |
| sparky961:
Update: I received a reply from Busy Bee in regards to this, and they said this gear looks like their part number P192991 at a cost of $44.95 each. Ordinarily, I'd agree that the time spent making such a mass-produced part is not time well spent, but when I picked up this saw it was my intention to put it back together piece by piece making every part I could. So, that's what I'm planning to do at this point. I found someone with a small chunk of "wear-resistant" bronze (no idea what the alloy is), and I'm going to see what I can do with it. I'll try to come up with some photos as things progress. -Sparky |
| jim:
i understand what you mean about making the parts you need. i'm quite sure all of us waste a bit of time making stuff we could buy. sure would be a good project |
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