"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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That's ok for things that snap cleanly (but you could probably just glue
them as strongly as print a replacement part) what about parts that
disintegrate or get lost?

Examine the context, the environmant into which it fits, and measure up
before proposing the replacement to fit it. before the days of 3D printing,
this is what I had to do when the gear shift on the milling head for my
lathe
shattered into aluminium dust.