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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    broke a gear on my TOS horizonal boring machine. its Czech Republic made. seems covid killed all the parts places. first price in for a replacement $4885.00 for 1 small gear. going to keep looking


    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    edited February 2023
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,495
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......
    A grinder, a torch, and a welder will replace any broach.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,495
    Also, how did your operator do that?  Did he crash it?

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......
    A grinder, a torch, and a welder will replace any broach.

    thats what the welders would say, the machinists would say, go have another beer ;)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Maybe you can find one in a hail mary search:



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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,495
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated
    I had a job refurbishing old equipment.  First time I pulled a horizontal mill apart that was originally built in the '40s, I wanted to pack it in and go find another career path.  I couldn't design those complicated gear profiles with a computer, and they barely had paper.  Helical sweeps on bevel gears, screw gears, etc.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,158


    I’ll take a look at it when I’m finished here @fish
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,865
    There are a two articles posted in the below thread on the OT board today worth a read:

    Some great reading regarding Fox News and the law suit filed by Dominion voting machines- (Quite a picture of the big $$ at play) and

    "MUNICH, Germany — Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY and Europe’s two most powerful leaders had similar messages at the Munich Security Conference: It’s time to focus more on making and sending weapons.

    Even if it is Friday...


    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you can find one in a hail mary search:



    Copy pasted to every site I could find and to every contact listed. Got a response from way out in Calgary from a service teck that still does this as a side gig since his work closed. Getting him all the part numbers and pics next week
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated
    I had a job refurbishing old equipment.  First time I pulled a horizontal mill apart that was originally built in the '40s, I wanted to pack it in and go find another career path.  I couldn't design those complicated gear profiles with a computer, and they barely had paper.  Helical sweeps on bevel gears, screw gears, etc.
    It will take twice as long putting it back together without the work manual as it did coming apart. Imagine being the guy that assembled the first one
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    fishlessman said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated
    I had a job refurbishing old equipment.  First time I pulled a horizontal mill apart that was originally built in the '40s, I wanted to pack it in and go find another career path.  I couldn't design those complicated gear profiles with a computer, and they barely had paper.  Helical sweeps on bevel gears, screw gears, etc.
    It will take twice as long putting it back together without the work manual as it did coming apart. Imagine being the guy that assembled the first one

    Did you video the disassembly?
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,389
    HeavyG said:
    fishlessman said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated
    I had a job refurbishing old equipment.  First time I pulled a horizontal mill apart that was originally built in the '40s, I wanted to pack it in and go find another career path.  I couldn't design those complicated gear profiles with a computer, and they barely had paper.  Helical sweeps on bevel gears, screw gears, etc.
    It will take twice as long putting it back together without the work manual as it did coming apart. Imagine being the guy that assembled the first one

    Did you video the disassembly?
    Have some pics but not 24 hours of video of yanking and pulling and swearing. Have had it apart a few times. It takes half a day to get the door panel off, alot off stuff is mounted on and thru the access panel.  The new machines are almost plug and play. It won't go back together like it came apart, the broken parts get wedged in everything
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • TheFishWhisperer
    TheFishWhisperer Posts: 90
    fishlessman said:
    HeavyG said:
    fishlessman said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated
    I had a job refurbishing old equipment.  First time I pulled a horizontal mill apart that was originally built in the '40s, I wanted to pack it in and go find another career path.  I couldn't design those complicated gear profiles with a computer, and they barely had paper.  Helical sweeps on bevel gears, screw gears, etc.
    It will take twice as long putting it back together without the work manual as it did coming apart. Imagine being the guy that assembled the first one

    Did you video the disassembly?
    Have some pics but not 24 hours of video of yanking and pulling and swearing. Have had it apart a few times. It takes half a day to get the door panel off, alot off stuff is mounted on and thru the access panel.  The new machines are almost plug and play. It won't go back together like it came apart, the broken parts get wedged in everything
    I pull on it, and I yank it, almost all day.  And man I curse when it doesn’t give it up.  Lord, you know I curse.  
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,719
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    fishlessman said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Maybe you could find a machine shop?  Oh wait….🤯😂

    the gear is easy, that funky broach for the inside is also a special order.  price was from a place that just makes gears to order. hopefully monday brings in some better leads. or i could buy a new machine for a mil.......

    that and for some unknown reason i never acquired an old gear hobber, nola, you must have one by now.....

    bumped the stop, two gears down, 3 days to get to them. the main gear box looks like the inside of an old pocket watch but way more complicated
    I had a job refurbishing old equipment.  First time I pulled a horizontal mill apart that was originally built in the '40s, I wanted to pack it in and go find another career path.  I couldn't design those complicated gear profiles with a computer, and they barely had paper.  Helical sweeps on bevel gears, screw gears, etc.
    I routinely had to draw WW2 era machine parts in 3D.  Machinists can't make them from 2D prints anymore. I remember one particularly tricky part. Some kind of helical 3D sweep/rolling taper around a conical surface. Bleh. 
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    alaskanassasin said:


    I’ll take a look at it when I’m finished here @fish

    Not bad for half-ass cleaning the weld surfaces =)
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,719
    @fishlessman

    Can't that thing get CNC cut, then heat treated, then Wireburned out?  Looks like 1500 bucks all day long unless I'm missing something.
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    If you put the wrong alloy or a replacement with a different surface hardness and wear characteristics than the original, it may fail very quickly.  Gears can be engineered much more than you think - outside the shape.  If this equipment is ancient, it may be easy to machine the part.
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,719
    nolaegghead said:
    If you put the wrong alloy or a replacement with a different surface hardness and wear characteristics than the original, it may fail very quickly.  Gears can be engineered much more than you think - outside the shape.  If this equipment is ancient, it may be easy to machine the part.
    Looks and smells like case hardened 4140. 😉
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,158
    @nolaegghead ain’t got time for that
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,504
    alaskanassasin said:
    @nolaegghead ain’t got time for that

    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,199
    Got my taxes done today, via H&R Faack!
    Got a Questionnaire tonight, won't bore you with my answers except for the last one, "Why weren't you happy?" or something like that:
     
    Good grief, folks!  Give us some reasonable pricing!!!  
    I've worked to earn three college degrees, countless "special" schools/certs, worked up to 70-hour weeks, and retired making $58/hr.  
    While the service I got today was great, they/you made $410/10 minutes = $2,460/hr!!  
    I won't be back (unless, mebbe, I submit a resumé...)  

    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,719
    Well. We got possession today. Carpet cleaning. Still wet. Was able to swap their washer and dryer with our speed queens. They're coming with us. Glad the house is 5 minutes away. 
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,495
    Botch said:
    Got my taxes done today, via H&R Faack!
    Got a Questionnaire tonight, won't bore you with my answers except for the last one, "Why weren't you happy?" or something like that:
     
    Good grief, folks!  Give us some reasonable pricing!!!  
    I've worked to earn three college degrees, countless "special" schools/certs, worked up to 70-hour weeks, and retired making $58/hr.  
    While the service I got today was great, they/you made $410/10 minutes = $2,460/hr!!  
    I won't be back (unless, mebbe, I submit a resumé...)  

    And the H&R person is a seasonal employee who will be Santa's Elf in December at Bass Pro.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • EGGjlmh
    EGGjlmh Posts: 822
    I just pan seared some grouper and mahi mahi. The mahi mahi was excellent. The grouper ended up with a nasty fishy taste. Not sure what went wrong. Used garlic butter, mustard seed, and Cajun seasoning. Any ideas?

    1MBGE 2006, 1LBGE 2010, 1 Mini Max, Fathers Day 2015

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