CT 100 Plastic Yoke Cover Problem

[blacksmith]

Hi folks,
I could probably make the part in question if I had access to a good original. There wouldn't be any damage or changes to the original in the process of making a mold.

I would have to know the temperatures the plastic part might reach in use. Maybe someone with an infrared heat sensor could take a temp reading of the part on a set that has been working for a few hours.

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by blacksmith

Hi folks,
I could probably make the part in question if I had access to a good original. There wouldn't be any damage or changes to the original in the process of making a mold.

I would have to know the temperatures the plastic part might reach in use. Maybe someone with an infrared heat sensor could take a temp reading of the part on a set that has been working for a few hours.

Ed

Upon closer inspection, the lower half of the cover has some warping. Due I suspect to stress rather than deterioration of the plastic. Since the two notched-out areas are identical on each half of the cover, the stable half describes the whole. Perhaps that is enough for a cloning?

Can someone with a 15GP22 set make the temperature measurement if/when it becomes necessary? I do not have an IR thermometer.

Pete

[blacksmith]

Originally Posted by Pete Deksnis

Ed

Upon closer inspection, the lower half of the cover has some warping. Due I suspect to stress rather than deterioration of the plastic. Since the two notched-out areas are identical on each half of the cover, the stable half describes the whole. Perhaps that is enough for a cloning?
Pete

If the warping is minor, I might be able to duplicate the warped one, then manipulate the copy to get it back into shape, then make a mold from that one.

[Pete Deksnis]

Originally Posted by blacksmith

If the warping is minor, I might be able to duplicate the warped one, then manipulate the copy to get it back into shape, then make a mold from that one.

The cover will be in the mail this Monday June 11 to Ed for evaluation.

Pete