<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Great job!!! Very clever and it looks great. I agree: Post this as an article on the TU site.<div class="">Jim<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 16, 2019, at 10:16 AM, Gary Winblad via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" class="">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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Nice job Joe!<br class="">
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This should be saved on Tigersunited site.. or somewhere
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/16/2019 9:41 AM, Joe Brown via
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Ron,
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<div class="">I never heard back from anybody, so I decided to try and
make my own. I got some EasyCast epoxy and Amazing Mold
Rubber from Michael's craft and hobby store. They always have
coupons on line and I got 50% off the stuff I bought. I also
had to buy a little bottle of black dye but I got it at
another hobby place. I used a small piece of PVC pipe I had
laying around to to cast the mold in. It didn't appear that
the original plastic handle would slide off very easily so I
decided to mold the new one right on the metal. I attached
the original lever (with the plastic handle) to a dial gauge
mount that I have so that the plastic part was as straight as
possible in the PVC.</div>
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<div class="">I then followed the directions to mix up the molding rubber
and poured it into the PVC around the handle. I think it had
to setup for a day or two and then I carefully pulled the
original lever out. The next step was using my jig to suspend
the metal lever (without the plastic handle) into the center
of the rubber mold. You have to be careful to get the handle
part of the lever straight because the rest of the lever is
shaped differently than the other one. Then I mixed up the
epoxy with the black dye and poured it into the mold. I let
that sit for about three days and then pulled it out. I think
it came out pretty good. Of course it duplicates any marks
that are on the original handle. In the picture below the
original is the one with the painted metal and the new one is
on top.</div>
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<div class="">It's a pricey way to get a new plastic handle, but what are
you going to do? I already had the epoxy and I just had to
buy the mold rubber and dye. So I think I have a little over
$20 in the project. I can loan you the mold if you want to
give it a try.</div>
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<div class="">The mold rubber is currently $24 at Michael's,
<a href="https://www.michaels.com/default/10324147.html#q=amazing%20mold%20rubber&start=1" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://www.michaels.com/default/10324147.html#q=amazing%20mold%20rubber&start=1</a>
. But they have coupons every week. Hobby Lobby has the dye
for $5.99, <a href="https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Clay-Molding-Sculpting/Casting/Black-Casting-Dye---1-Ounce/p/23886" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Clay-Molding-Sculpting/Casting/Black-Casting-Dye---1-Ounce/p/23886</a>.
Both places have the EasyCast epoxy. </div>
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<div class="">Let me know if you want to borrow the mold. I had to take
it out of the PVC so I could flex it enough to get the new
handle out but it can stand on its own.</div>
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<div class="">Joe Brown</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 9:33
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<div class="gmail-m_4548772728960635349WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Joe </p><p class="MsoNormal">Did you get any replies about this
part?</p><p class="MsoNormal">I see that I’m in need of one of
these plastic handles too.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Ron</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">From:</b> Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>
<b class="">On Behalf Of </b>Joe Brown via Tigers<br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b> Monday, April 29, 2019 4:02 PM<br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:</b> [Tigers] Looking for seat recliner
handle</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">I'm putting my seats back
together and I realized that I am missing the black
plastic handle that goes on one of my recliner
levers. Anybody know where to get one? I don't see
them in the SS catalog.</p>
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