My daughter has gone through several pencil sharpeners because of plastic gearing mechanisms. Are the gears plastic or metal?
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The gears are metal. I have two Z-ACTO pencil sharpeners, one of which is the Teacher Pro Electric. With 26-27 students they last 2-3 years before the metal gears need to be replaced.
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The handle is plastic, but the crank arm is metal. The retaining mechanism for the grinding wheels have some plastic components, but overall are of excellent quality. If you are worried about wear and tear, there are some inexpensive replacement parts on offer from the manufacturer.
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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.
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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.
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It is chain driven (not belt), so I believe it has metal gears. We were told by a technician that this was one of the best available for an inexpensive price.
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I had no issues with my plastic tracks but I did upgrade to the metal gears which added some power and torque. The nylon gears were ok but I could see them wearing out in a short period of time. The metal tracks look awesome but I don't see an advantage for these tanks cause of dirt and mud getting in the metal tracks and having to clean them all the time vs plastic.
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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!!
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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.
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steel....no plastic parts. My very picky husband who will only use good equipment. No "junk". He was well pleased.
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Just got mine in yesterday. I can confirm that the gears are metal and the gear box is very easy to open-up and grease.
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The training wheels are made of plastic.very nice bike ,bought it for my little 4 year old girl for christmas. She loves it.
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Yes, the brace that holds the crank axis appears to be made of plastic. Everything else is ceramic or stainless steel.The Blade Base that holds the bottom burr is plastic and it broke on me this week after several months of daily use. I am looking for a replacement for it.
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It seems to be metal to me. Its heavy for its size and the paint does not chip easily as if sprayed on plastic. I try to keep with metal items more so than plastic. I'm still using my blender from 1969 with a metal body and glass container, not plastic. My mixer is a Hamilton Beach 1948 Model G, all metal again. Can't beat metal.
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Basically is constructed of plastic material but both openers as the knife sharpener are stainless steel material
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The head is plastic and the stick is metal. It has been great for my 7-year-old.
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I'm not sure what's in the motor as it's encased in a plastic housing but there are two gears that mesh together to "juice" the food. These two gears are both metal and plastic. The metal gears are what the veggies and fruit come in contact with first. The plastic part of the gears are shaped like a cork screw and push the ground up pulp through the screen. The plastic part seems to be made out of the same material some cutting boards are made out of. They feel very durable. We use our juicer every day to make juice for a 5 person family. We also will run it for long periods of time to juice up 15lb boxes of apples, pomegranates, carrots, what ever is in season. It works great!!!! We are very pleased with it. I'm not sure what's in the motor as it's encased in a plastic housing but there are two gears that mesh together to "juice" the food. These two gears are both metal and plastic. The metal gears are what the veggies and fruit come in contact with first. The plastic part of the gears are shaped like a cork screw and push the ground up pulp through the screen. The plastic part seems to be made out of the same material some cutting boards are made out of. They feel very durable. We use our juicer every day to make juice for a 5 person family. We also will run it for long... » Read More I'm not sure what's in the motor as it's encased in a plastic housing but there are two gears that mesh together to "juice" the food. These two gears are both metal and plastic. The metal gears are what the veggies and fruit come in contact with first. The plastic part of the gears are shaped like a cork screw and push the ground up pulp through the screen. The plastic part seems to be made out of the same material some cutting boards are made out of. They feel very durable. We use our juicer every day to make juice for a 5 person family. We also will run it for long periods of time to juice up 15lb boxes of apples, pomegranates, carrots, what ever is in season. It works great!!!! We are very pleased with it. « Show Less
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Plastic and it worked great for about 5 years. Recently I used it to mix sausage balls and it broke. Probably a combination of age and a really thick mixture.