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by yetihehe 2723 days ago
> Now instead of unhardened gears you will always get powder gears, which are better.

Nope, now instead of unhardened gears you get powder gears which are even worse (but much cheaper than those good powder gears), but minimally better than plastic. My father is power tools' serviceman and since sintered gears became more common, there are MUCH more broken transmissions (but yeah, they are a little cheaper).