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help - desperate - plastic drive assembly - need solution

jadamowicz

Hi All,

My little round plastic drive assembly on my Gilmer drive unit (usually a $8-$10 part) broke, and Shopsmith no longer sells it.

They can only ask me to convert to the new Poly-v and new Quill for $450+ NOOOO!!!

I am dead in the water for a little plastic coupler.

this thing:

Does anyone have one, know where I can get one, or make one?

Willing to pay handsomely, and quickly!

email jadamowicz67@gmail.com

Thank you!

JPG

I am a bit unsure of this, but is not the nylon piece in the gilmer quill merely a dust cap?(or is that the model 10?)

jsburger

JPG wroteI am a bit unsure of this, but is not the nylon piece in the gilmer quill merely a dust cap?(or is that the model 10?)

It is not the Model 10.

jadamowicz

the piece is smooth on the inside, at both ends, so it is not "driving" anything. It may very well just be a "dust preventer" or "alignment assistant"....if anyone knows for sure, that would help me determine how I should proceed.

thank you!

JPG

jadamowicz wrotethe piece is smooth on the inside, at both ends, so it is not "driving" anything. It may very well just be a "dust preventer" or "alignment assistant"....if anyone knows for sure, that would help me determine how I should proceed.

thank you!

Now that the model 10 has been eliminated, it fer sure is only a dust cap.

Broken? post a pix of the pieces. Maybe cya glue will be thy solution.

jadamowicz

Here is what the part looks like "broken"...

jsburger

jadamowicz wroteHere is what the part looks like "broken"...

I would think a good cleaning and then a filler type epoxy to keep it together and prevent any further deterioration.

JPG

I would degunk it, wash with alcohol, then sparingly attempt to cya glue the cracks back together.

THEN using strips of heavy duty alumunum foil, glue the foil tight to the outside with glue between the layers of a spiral wrap.

May work.

Use acetone to get the glue off thy fingers. :D

Ya cannot hurt it much further. ;)

If all fails. simply leave it off. :cool:

chapmanruss

You can run your Mark 5 without it. It is the Nylon Collar added to the Drive Sleeve about the time of the change to the "B" Headstock. It is Part Number B3408 and was listed in the 10-55 Manual's parts list but not shown in the exploded parts diagram until the 10-56 Manual.

In the 1974 Supplement to the Mark V Parts List it was explained as follows

In 1959, a nylon cap (3408) was added to the end of the (202100) Drive Sleeve Assembly. This was primarily a noise suppressor and did not materially change the mechanical operations.

Some of the changes by date were not always correct.

rpd

I am wondering if a piece of heat shrink tubing would work to hold it together. Preferably the dual walled adhesive lined type.

wa2crk

If it was only a dust cap as SS stated and has no other function I would leave if off. You may have to service the unit more often but that is easy.

"In 1959, a nylon cap (3408) was added to the end of the (202100) Drive Sleeve Assembly. This was primarily a noise suppressor and did not materially change the mechanical operations."

Bill V

JPG

rpd wroteI am wondering if a piece of heat shrink tubing would work to hold it together. Preferably the dual walled adhesive lined type.

Whazzat?

Shrink tubing just might work well.

Will adding to the outer dimension create any interferences?

jadamowicz

Thank you all!..

I think i will actually try 2 simultaneous solutions mentioned above. I will use some CYA Glue to keep it together, then run some heat shrink tubing around it to seal it. It is not near anything that a small outside diameter increase would even bother.

Thank you!

rpd

JPG wrote
rpd wroteI am wondering if a piece of heat shrink tubing would work to hold it together. Preferably the dual walled adhesive lined type.
Whazzat?

Shrink tubing just might work well.

Will adding to the outer dimension create any interferences?

Thicker and there is an adhesive layer inside that melts and bonds the tubing to the wire or whatever is inside, makes it waterproof.

garys

That looks like it would be an ideal part for someone with a 3D printer and scanner to start making up. Once setup, they should be quite cost effective to produce.

roy_okc

garys wroteThat looks like it would be an ideal part for someone with a 3D printer and scanner to start making up. Once setup, they should be quite cost effective to produce.

I was thinking the exact same thing. From the pics, it doesn't look like it would be difficult to replicate.