Gear trouble. Advice needed.

[murraym]

I got a problem. The gear below came from an old L-W dividing head. It's missing a tooth and some others have some wear.
1. I'd buy one commercially if i could find one. Although i don't know what you would call this. It Mates with a worm gear. The teeth are at an angle.
2. I could braze them up but i don't know if i have the equipment to cut the teeth.
3. Maybe it's scrap?
What are your thoughts???
As always, thank you in advance for all your advice!!!

 

[murraym]

I forgot to mention, it is about 2 1/8 diameter and about 1 1/4 thick.

 

[Alexander McGilton]

If this was for worm gear power transmission, I would say braze and cut the teeth again. Though this is for a dividing head where the rotational position matters. So I would advise making a new one from bar stock, get the indexing right from the start.

 

[benmychree]

Unless you can get one OEM, I'd consider it scrap, if accuracy of division is important.

 

[extropic]

What you pictured is called a "worm wheel". The mating gear is called a "worm".

What to do about the damage depends on man factors. What's your budget? Is an OEM replacement available? How important is indexing precision in your applications?