Mitch - yes, Wilton made one from wood, for his 300D, and that ignition cylinder is now in my long languishing cabriolet, and I have the key too. It is very nice, I simply don't have time to replicate it.
Maybe Floyd can set up his DIY CNC machine to cut a batch from wood? Max Dillon Charleston SC Jan 11, 2020 9:55:48 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > > I bought one of these for a 124 key that was missing the plastic head: > > > > https://blenddoor.com/product/billet-aluminum-key-head/ > > > > Nice product, looks and feels good. We'll see how long it will hold up, > > undoubtably a lot longer than the cheapo plastic replacements that are out > > there. > > > > > > For $30-40, I'd take the time to make one out of Walnut (didn't Wilton do > this?) > or carbon fiber cloth. I think the carbon weave would be an interesting > variation on the texture of the original. Maybe reinforce the original with > carbon and epoxy (probably UV resistant epoxy) and vacuum bag it? > The issue with carbon would be not having any loose ends sticking through the > epoxy, carbon slivers are no fun. > > Mitch > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
