[elky] Re: Heat Control
- From: Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:52:25 -0500
Well, Rock Auto accepted my order, so we'll see if the new one is still
available. If so, I'll let someone use either it or my old one to make a mold.
I imagine there's a little money to be made by producing some and selling
them, because it isn't an unusual part to break. Plastic gets brittle as it
ages.
I checked my fixed lever this morning, and it will be fine. What I did, is on
the top there is a deep groove, and I lay a thin piece of brass shim in that
groove, and lay a thin layer of epoxy between the metal and the plastic, and
then over the metal. 30-minute epoxy is much stronger than 5-minute when it
cures. I found I could lay the part top-down on a piece of wax paper and it
held it in place. This morning, I couldn't see the crack between the two
pieces, and wax paper peels easily off of epoxy.
On Sep 30, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Robert Adams wrote:
> Would be easy to cast in aluminum too.
>
> Robert Adams
>
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:54 AM, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have had good luck with the 5 minute. I would do the same thing as you for
> now.
>
> If we could find one, it could be cast in silver pretty easy. Silver is
> cheaper to cast than brass, and can be soldered if need be. The plastic would
> burn out just like one of my wax models. I could create it in CAD too, if I
> had one to go by. I sent one to the junk yard with the old Monte..... I am
> sure. Who knew?
> JC
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One would think. It seems to be discontinued, and no online site lists it,
> but like you said, it has to be on a shelf somewhere. I'm going to keep an
> eye out.
>
> For now, since it's a clean break, I am putting it back together with
> 30-minute epoxy, with a piece of brass shim material across the break for
> reinforcement. I'm using the slow-cure epoxy so it should last (I don't
> trust 5-minute for anything that's going to take much force).
>
> As the picture shows, the lever's pivot is "keyed," and getting it out is
> just a matter of lining it up right and pulling it up.
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Chris Lindh wrote:
>
> > I've bought from that guy before...
> >
> > I'd keep looking for a new replacement... I bet that Four Seasons part
> > is on a shelf somewhere...
>
>
>
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