My Fellowes shredder has decided to shred one of its reduction gears instead of the paper!
Fellowes don't carry spares for 'small' (domestic) shredders - presumably because the labour costs to fit spare parts would exceed the cost of a new shredder.
But those economics don't apply to DIY repairs - and I could get it going again cheaply if I could find a suitable gear.
It's the sort which has two integral coaxial gear wheels. The big one (about 51mm OD) has 39 smallish teeth and the small one (about 18mm OD) has - or rather HAD - 7 largish teeth.
A picture of what is left of the gear can be seen at
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don't know whether Fellowes make their own gears, or buy in standard components. My gear carries the number 550307 - but Googling for that didn't yield anything useful.
I would need either a replacement for the whole thing, or just the
7-tooth gear - in which case I would need to machine the residue of the broken one from the larger gear and attach the new one to it in some way.Anyone know of a source of this sort of thing?
TIA.