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UmmYeahOk

UmmYeahOk

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Two choices,

Give Ted a ring at TSImports, or make one. Piece of bakalite, and five minutes in a drill press with file and sand paper and a little black paint.
 
Please excuse me if this is a stupid question, as I am young and ignorant in the ways of the world.

Where and how does one acquire a piece of bakelite? :laugh:
 
Richter12x2 said:
Where and how does one acquire a piece of bakelite? :laugh:
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McMaster-Carr carries a wide variety of Bakelite, under the modern brand name Garolite
https://www.mcmaster.com/#garolite/=a8w6u7

Not necessarily the cheapest source, but they have no minimum order, and their shipping charges are quite reasonable.

PS, Bakelite/Garolite would probably not be my choice here, as it's kind of brittle and difficult to machine. Acetal or aluminum would be more appropriate IMO, although perhaps less correct. Actually, the handbrake button on my Stag seems to be something like ABS rather than Bakelite. It feels kind of oily and soft, while Bakelite feels dry and hard.
 
sorry, My dad was in the electronics biz, and that sort of thing is something you just went digging through the junk box for.

I have purchased lots of garolite from Mcm. You could probably use this stuff

https://www.mcmaster.com/#garolite/=a8wuc8

which is a 1/2 diameter rod, made of fiberglass and epoxy.

It probably comes in the diameter you need, so allyou would have to do is section it,round off the edges a bit, drill a hole in it for the push rod and paint it black.

Kinda salty pricewise, but in the absence of anything else....

I've never had any trouble machineing the stuff, stinks pretty bad, but it does hold a thread well.
 
71MKIV said:
I've never had any trouble machineing the stuff, stinks pretty bad, but it does hold a thread well.
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Probably just a lack of skill on my part. I'm definitely a rank amateur in front of a lathe.
 
My wife's idea was to use a little vacuum cap inside a bigger vaccuum cap, and probably would have worked just fine. The idea we're going with right now is JB Weld. I rolled it into a pipe just about the right diameter and let it set, then used 80 grit sandpaper to polish it round and flat off the back and front, and drilled a hole in the back for the release pin.

We'll see how it holds up!
 
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