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.....making a mold of the vulcanized rubber used for casting lead soldiers..... and make them of pewter/lead....... melts at low temp..... and would not crack like plastic........once painted... you would not be able to ell them apart.
Let's turn the barn into a science lab....... Kaboom!!!!! PS...... Back when I was in TO ..... I did cast some pewter buttons for my 1812 uniform..... so the learning curve would not be so steep !!! ..... would you like some grenades with that ...? BooBee
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada |
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I've never seen a door knob like that one on a CMP before. There are the usual ones for Chev (brown, kind of squarish) and Ford (pinkish and 'ribbed'). Brian Asbury had some of the Chev ones and may still. The Ford ones were a little harder to find.
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It sounds as if the press on knob to a rectangular tang was at least a semi-standard design since there now seem to have been at least three different moulds made to make them. The design seems better suited for a sideways load than a pulling load, although it took a fair effort to take the knob off the tang. Any ideas what else they were used on? Think about knobs on almost anything. The tang seems too heavy duty for the old style toasters that had a flip down door on each side. |
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Some where in the past I remember coming across a knob like this in a catalog but have not been able to find it. I'm sure this was a standard shape for a knob.
I'll keep looking. Cheers Phil
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Phil Waterman `41 C60L Pattern 12 `42 C60S Radio Pattern 13 `45 HUP http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/ New e-mail Philip@canadianmilitarypattern.com |
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Thank you Phil, the basic knob shape looks very common, the tang receptacle on the back seems less common than a round hole. The round holed wersion exists for choke and throttle cables (presumably threaded inside??) and for window cranks (pressed on to a rivet with circumferential ridges). I've checked some Chev parts suppliers and McMaster Carr online without finding the "right" knobs. I haven't checked my parts books to find out if the knobs have Chev or Ford numbers (and if they are CMP unique or generic parts), nor have I checked the Master Parts catalogs to see if they have other known applications. The research results will follow.
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Hi Grant
FORD Knob - C29Q-812086 Chev group number 16.245 and 16.130 T-40854 I've been through my Chevy Mapleleaf master parts book but have not found the cross-over to the non military. When I need one I thought seriously about using the correct shape and milling out the slot on the back. I'm surprised that in 30 years I have not lost one though. Cheers Phil
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Phil Waterman `41 C60L Pattern 12 `42 C60S Radio Pattern 13 `45 HUP http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/ New e-mail Philip@canadianmilitarypattern.com |
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A comparison of Chev door and choke/throttle knobs. Ford were different in that the door knobs were 'ringed' and quite reddish.
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Hi guys
Thanks Alex for the kind words. Yes it would be very easy to cast these knobs in resin. The best would be to use a NOS one but it would be possible to clean that original one up. Bob, I can get resin and dyes to make a hard durable "plastic" that would be in the same or close to colour of the orignal. Pewter would work but then you would always have the problem on paint chips and that they are metal and not plastic.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer |
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