You do not always have to say “no” when confronted with non-conforming parts. Here are a few “fixes” I have been comfortable authorizing:

Spur gears have been around “forever.” That ancient astronomical device recovered from the Mediterranean Sea a few years ago shows the antiquity an...

It was brought to my attention that the graphics used in my recent “herringbone” postings actually show double helical gears. I have a great suppor...

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When a gearbox remanufacturer is trying to decide whether to regrind or replace a gear, any number of factors could be running through their head. Here are some remanufacturers' processes on how they reach the conclusions they do, and why you should listen to them.

I have been following developments on gear making in general-purpose CNC machines with great interest. The advent of affordable gear grinding seems...

One of the few things I miss about my old commute is all the great content I heard on public radio. Ten hours a week of news, in depth features, an...

Not to worry — no politics here. The “backlash” I want to talk about is the “lost motion” in gear systems. It sometimes seems to rile people up alm...

I was going to reflect on how November 22, 1963 changed so many things, but decided it wasn’t an anniversary ending in a five or a zero and I would...