Afternoon Gentlemen (and Ladies):
This is an update to my previous post about possibly 3D printing a dummy coupler to match the four (4) I have in my spare parts bin, as I can't seem to locate any more of them (possibly an MTH coupler installed on their European stock).
My 3D printing guy has had a look at the dummy coupler and says he can do them for around $10.00 each (Australian). He will charge a set-up and design fee of $100.00, and then if 10 or more are ordered, they will come in at $10.00 each.
This looks promising, but the catch will be to source the fine "hair" spring to make sure they remain centered for re-coupling. Without this spring the coupler will be useless, in my opinion. My 3D printing guy is trying to source this spring from "contacts" he has in China, but so far there has been no success. I have included some photos of the original dummy coupler in its fully broken-down form, with some shots of the mystery spring.
Does anybody know where this spring can be found??
Everything is on hold till the mystery spring can be sourced.
Peter (Buco Australia)
The two sections making up the dummy coupler, and the "mystery" hair spring that goes between the two halves.
