Gear repair (ENG, RU subtitles)

In this video I’m going to try to repair a plastic gear that lost some of its teeth in an unfair battle with another gear. The basic idea is to recreate the worn out part of the gear using a two component epoxy resin. I will review different approaches to repairing this gear and make comparison of their pros and cons. Here’s the link to the video of my second, improved repair attempt. It might help you if you’re struggling with the same problem right now. I hope it does!    • How to repair a plastic gear with reinforc...   00:00 Summary 00:19 About the broken gear 00:47 Previous unfortunate attemt analysis 02:56 About the epoxy adhesive that I'm intending to use 03:22 Preparing the surface of the gear 04:26 Making a holder for the gear that will help to make a wax cast 06:27 Making a wax cast 08:21 Filling the mould with epoxy 09:14 Results 10:05 Result analysis