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Originally Posted by Olorin67
If you don't need it to actually be metal, you can use rubber molds from an original,, you can get great detail that way
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You can make very realistic repros of metal parts by mixing metal powder with casting resin. The Smooth-on company calls this "metal cold casting:"
http://www.smooth-on.com/search.php?q=metal+powder
A guy made repro knobs for my Colonial Globe radio using that process. They look and feel just like the cast metal originals -- even in heft.
I haven't made metal-powder resin repro parts, but I have made repros using ordinary resin and it is not terribly difficult.
Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html