Need help with what to do with worm gear.

Anthonycostello · Oct 9, 2019

Hi, first off I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this or if I’m violating any type of rules please forgive me

So, I have a new unused worm gear 36” size 70 teeth. that I have no real knowledge of any and all information I have is simply from the tags that came with it. I buy and sell industrial surplus but mainly deal in valves and flow control but I’m sure this particular item has some sort of value.

Also it is just the wheel (or gear) no shaft

I fully understand that this is not the for sale forum I am simply asking for advise/help on any type of information you guys may have or be able to tell me on what to do with this I will attach all information I have available in the photos and please again forgive me if this is violating any type of rules let me know if I am and will promptly post in the correct forum

HuFlungDung · Oct 9, 2019

I'd suggest you put it under a turntable in your garage so you don't have to back your car out

crossthread · Oct 9, 2019

Since it is made of bronze, I would sell it for scrap.

Anthonycostello · Oct 9, 2019

crossthread said:
Since it is made of bronze, I would sell it for scrap.

Oh, it being made of bronze makes it no value? Thanks

Mtndew · Oct 9, 2019

Anthonycostello said:
Oh, it being made of bronze makes it no value? Thanks

No, likely he was stating that you probably won't find a buyer who can use that particular gear AND the specs it has.
So instead of letting it sit, see what a scrapyard will give ya.

crossthread · Oct 9, 2019

That is exactly what I meant. The chances of finding someone who needs that exact item are slim. It does have scrap value because it is made of bronze.

Anthonycostello · Oct 9, 2019

Ok I understand. Thank you so much really appreciate your help

Bill D · Oct 9, 2019

You might contact the maker and see if they would pay to have a spare.
Bill D

DDoug · Oct 9, 2019

Anthonycostello said:
Oh, it being made of bronze makes it no value? Thanks

Wow....just Wow.

crawl back under your rock sir.

dalmatiangirl61 · Oct 9, 2019

That would make fine picture frame for a steam punk enthusiasts man cave

Bill D · Oct 9, 2019

Put a sheet of glass inside and its a table top. Or turn it into a clock. A bit big for a hat rack or lamp base.
Bill D

john.k · Oct 9, 2019

....Ive scrapped bronze worm wheels that size,new ,that I knew exactly what they came out of.......timber winches off dozers.....Ive also scrapped brand new,unused 30 ton cap McKee winches ,because the big tree industry is dead,dead ,dead, as in greenies have killed the industry stone dead with the help of morons who live in apartments and think trees can cry.....PS bronze scrap is around $4/kg here.

Cole2534 · Oct 10, 2019

Bill D said:
You might contact the maker and see if they would pay to have a spare.
Bill D

Or their client...

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GENERALDISARRAY · Oct 10, 2019

john.k said:
....Ive scrapped bronze worm wheels that size,new ,that I knew exactly what they came out of.......timber winches off dozers.....Ive also scrapped brand new,unused 30 ton cap McKee winches ,because the big tree industry is dead,dead ,dead, as in greenies have killed the industry stone dead with the help of morons who live in apartments and think trees can cry.....PS bronze scrap is around $4/kg here.

Australia has trees?

thermite · Oct 12, 2019

GENERALDISARRAY said:
Australia has trees?

Sort of. Actually an overgrown weed, but useful as to producing Eucalyptol for Lavoris mouthwash & such.

thermite · Oct 12, 2019

john.k said:
....Ive scrapped bronze worm wheels that size,new ,that I knew exactly what they came out of.......timber winches off dozers.....Ive also scrapped brand new,unused 30 ton cap McKee winches ,because the big tree industry is dead,dead ,dead, as in greenies have killed the industry stone dead with the help of morons who live in apartments and think trees can cry.....PS bronze scrap is around $4/kg here.

Be thankful trees CAN "cry" or we'd have no pine rosin for Violin bows, no natural rubber, let alone Maple surple..

A Bronze worm wheel - large as that especially - is worth serious coin as-had ....IF someone who needs it, needs it. Yah do NOT wanna know what it would cost to have one fabbed from a cold start to put something-or-other in dire need of it back into service!

The metal alone needed to make sumthin' in that size is challenging-costly to acquire. All the more so if it has to be machined from solid - mostly being turned into chips - rather than cleaning up operations done to-near-final shape casting.

Worth a good deal of research to ID what it was made for.

The very existence of it as a "packaged" item hints at a repair part for an application where they routinely wore-out or stood damage. Read construction, mud-moving, agro out in the dirty-dirty world more likely than machine-tools. Small crane or trackhoe turret? Lifting or winching gear? Weapons turret?

If, and only if, that turns out to be a truly obsolete need?

See if an inventorish person could DIY sumthin' useful with it - even if it was "overkill" for the task.

Only THEN scrap. Sadly.

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