Is the loom and gears made of really brittle plastic??
1159107
No, it's very sturdy. Plastic yes, but not cheaply made. It can stand up to a lot.
228839
It's stainless steel everywhere where it counts - in the tiny gear that drives the whole thing. That's plastic. The rest of the beautiful stainless steel piece will last forever, but the gear will be trash in no time, rendering the stainless useless.
355431
It appears to be hard plastic. I don't know about brittle, mine has taken a beating with packing and unpacking shows. I have gotten a few chips on the shoulders, but I cover them up.
1032969
It has very durable steel gears and blades, there is hardly any plastic in this machine. It is VERY powerful and plastic would not hold up to the HP it puts out!!
2130357
The gear is plastic. However, the cutting blades are metal. My LEM has processed 5 deer since I've had it without any problems. I would recommend it to anyone processing meat. I love it.
289540
I just checked my set and the pulleys are all metal no plastic to be found. Hope this helps
2125137
I'd say yes. It's all plastic and nylon straps, and everything comes apart.
841772
The heaights don't work and gears are plastic but that thing is still awesome!
1094799
Not at all! It's relatively hard plastic and goes FAST! By the end of the weekend on the mountain, we had broken every one of them! Fun? Yes. Wild ride? Yes!
1761140
Not sure which gears you are talking about. Part of this is plastic, and most of it is stainless steel. The wheel that tightens the parts that get attached, is plastic. It works very well, whatever the parts are made of.
1799971
I suppose it is possible that some were made with plastic gears and some were metal. The one I got when ordered from Amazon has plastic gears. I havent found this to be a problem. No need to force the gears. When the resistance makes it hard to turn, I have found that that is a good indication that the batch is done. If you force it, the gears will probably break...so don't force it.
1936883
I don't think so. At least the ones I got look just like the ones in the fabric stores, and not one of them has broken yet. And, I am ashamed to say, I am pretty hard on my tools. TMG
1198022
Plastic gears they work fine though. The spaces to adjust are large, so it makes pinning a bit hard. It's worked good for what I've done so far
1470464
Hi Jennifer,I cannot visually see the gears because they're encased in a gear box. But I cannot imagine them to be made of plastic. I used the tiller on some pretty hard soil, also embedded with rocks. The tiller did fine. In fact, the tiller prongs (made of metal) sustained the heavy tilling without being bent or broken. I'm pretty happy with its overall performance. My only regret is that I didn't buy it sooner. Good luck on your experience.
1470461
The tines/blades of the tiller are metal. As for the actual gears, the casing is made of plastic and you could not see the gears inside. The bolts that held the motor housing/casing and held the tines in place didn't have a problems with stripping, they just flat out snapped off for us. We were able to replace the ones that held the tines together, but when the ones that went into the housing snapped off, we were unable to replace those and the whole device ended up failing.
843294
I think it is a moulded plastic. I ordered the dryer for my daughter in the States and she says it is strong and robust - the Rolls Royce of rotary dryers she told me!
1451531
No. The material is more of a rigid plastic..but very detailed and a quality product