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Bespoke thin steel washer?
I've got a metal guide which clamps around and through a hole in some
plastic (guide for a locking bar in a caravan external front locker). The plastic is broken and can barely hold the metal part. The simplest solution seems to be to fit a thin and wide metal washer to spread the load and allow the remaining plastic bits to support the broken area. The metal bit is two plates, one with studs the other with holes, and a spacer in the middle which fits inside the hole. Not that much free adjustment on the stud/nut but enough for one washer. Stacking more than one might be an issue. O.K. - now for the washer (or similar). I am reluctant to make my own because of the requirement to make a proper circular hole in a piece of metal - the tolerances are fairly fine. Sods law suggests that nobody will make a washer which has the hole size I require. Any alternatives? I assume the standard way of making flat washers is to punch them out of sheet steel with a suitable sized punch (the wastage must be quite something) but suitable sized punches plus a press isn't sounding cheap. Will post dimensions in a bit; just trawling for alternative suggestions in case sod's law turns out to be accurate. Also, I will check that the solution I have visualised over night will actually work. Every time you fix something, two other things break. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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