You can also check slot car suppliers for gearing. They have seem to have a decent variety of metal pinions.
Nelson
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--- In yardbirdtrains@..., Mike Van Hove <mvanhove@...> wrote:
He, group:
Years ago, in the late 1950's I used to have a Boston Gear Catalog that listed thousands of small gears. They were in different metals and of course, in many different sizes. I think they were called "Pinion Gears". My recollection is, they were made in long rods and cut off, like cutting cookies off a roll of dough. They were very precise, and I think they were reasonably priced. i have no idea if the company is still in business. I bet Mike Baur will recall this company. Maybe he can shed some light on them. If they are still around, the hardest part would be specifying out what we need.
It just can't be that there are no other sources for tiny gears, other then the cheep plastic gears from China. (The Chinese do make good Egg Rolls, though)
What about Clock Repair suppliers?
There is a guy here in Columbia who has a clock repair shop. I have used his repair service, maybe I'll slip by there and see if he can steer me toward a gear supplier.
