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Firstly I would like to thank everyone who has made suggestions and offers of help to get my thread chasing dial up and going. In my last post I found and bought some gears to do the job I needed. There are 3 different size gears from 10 teeth through to 14 teeth which covers the main metric...

I am hopeful I have found a supplier of gears "off the shelf" and I now only need to confirm the number of teeth, the pitch which they must match and a bore size already in steel. I am also very confident that one printed in this PLA product would also be a successful gear to use under the...

Again a big thanks for the hints and tips to tracking down the gear/s I'm after. I will chase it up later today as work is now screaming at me.

Cheers Mate, you have been very helpful.

WOW guys, so much help and I dont know how to thank you enough. This is the dial I purchased locally and when it got here the pinion gear is so fine I thought that it would not engage with a 3mm pitch lead screw. It was sold to suit a Sieg C2 and C3 so it just might engage but I cant try it out...

Hi Cogsy, Thanks for the added info and offer to make. I dont have a 3D printer nor a program to do so but with a tip I was given on another site there are companies maybe local if not but in China that mass produce metal and printed gears so I need to continue my search for exactly what size...

Hi Guys and thanks for the replies. I had already watched tublacains' video and is why I asked about 3D printing a couple of gears. After his experiment and the particular type of product he used in the printing you would have to prefer a solid gear over one that is not solid. Another YouTube...

G'Day everyone, a new guy here form NSW Australia. I am interested in your views on the making of a small gear/s using a 3D printer. I have NO experience in this field but what I am after is a set of up to 3 gears and no larger than 25mm with a selected amount of teeth to suit a 3mm pitch lead...

Hi Guys n Gals, My name is John but I am known mostly as cobbadog. I live on the Mid North Coast of NSW Australia and recently after purchasing my first metal lathe at the ripe old age of 63 I am on a mission to make some things for my restoration projects in restoring Vintage tractors, engines...