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Repair # 3: Plastic Horn Cap

A project log for Home Repairs with a 3D Printer

Since moving into a new home a little over two years ago, we've been fixing and improving things all over

makerblockMakerBlock 02/18/2018 at 03:090 Comments

Date: ~December 2015

We have a hand-me-down plastic play structure in our backyard.  The kids love it - but the center horn on the steering wheel broke - leaving sharp and jagged plastic edges.

My wife requested I fix this... somehow.  I opted to create a black plastic cap.  To ensure a good fit, I took a "straight on" photograph of the cracked center of the horn.  This was then traced in GIMP, traced in Inkscape into an SVG, and then extruded through a thin plastic disc.  From there all I had to do was line of the new part to fit neatly into the cracked edges and add copious amounts of hot glue.

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