To do them right, you would need to make a mould. With the materials available
today, this could be done very easily, and with not too much expense and no
polishing. I worked for a rapid prototyping company during college. Something
like those could be made in a simple mould in about a day, using an original
part to mould from. One mould would probably produce a dozen or two parts
before the quality would go down. I used to dream of reproducing early series
weather stripping and stuff like that. If I had stayed there after college, I
probably would have pulled some things off. I could probably go back and make
some things though....now you've got my mind wondering. well...no sleep
tonight. - ian
Fred Levit wrote:
> Sorry to have to say that I have done little about reproducing the switch
> bezels. I looked at the job, and manufacturing them by hand from sheet
> acrylic looks like a terribly hard job.
>
> The major problem is duplicating the concavity. There is no available
> cutter that matches that shallow curve. Polishing the things would be
> almost as tedious a job as polishing the heater bezels was. Then there
> would be the cost of professional painting and silk screening. And there
> would be no way of selling them at a price that would make up for all the
> work.
>
> So it looks like I won't be doing it - unless someday the ones on my car
> fall completely apart, I have retired, and have nothing less boring to do.
-- Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org> '61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO '62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
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