Door slam plate

[peterg]

Damn. You win Kevin!

Will post a picture if I can find the two halves.

[GREG]

Yep, there are loads of the buggers ! I will remember whose company catalogue they are in in the next few days http://www.alumar.nl/downloads/bulb_sections.pdf

Look for ship building aluminium bulb or Holland profiles ....

That " last" one you bought from Bristol looks a **** copy -- I have heard so many people say they bought the "last" one from bristol !!! :-)) must be a Mr Crook marketing legacy !

Looking at a spare I have today , it looks like it would be easiest to buy a metre of the right bulb profile and then tap and grub screw it to the 2.0mm plate - maybe weld it too - nothing wrong with belt and braces !

[GREG]

As one of mine snapped yesterday and I only have one spare -- I have requested a 2 metre sample of bulb bar to make new ones from.

I don't intend to make a batch but anyone is welcome to a piece if they need to make one, as it should only take a small amount of grinding and drilling etc -- probably just use my power file and disc cutter ( I'm not a real engineer :-) )

[peterg]

A friend is going to cast up some door slam plates for me. The are not exact copies of the original. Note the radiused curve onto the base plate and the additional thickness of the plate to reduce the chances of fracturing.

Attached is a picture of the mould.

He can cast them in aluminium or brass as preferred.

If you are interested please let me know as it will reduce the unit cost.

[peterg]

I have finally received a pair of cast slam plates and will offer them up to the B post next week.

They are cast in zinc rather than alluminium as he can use his own foundry to cast them.

Attached is a photo. I think you will agree that the new castings will be substantially stronger than the original Bristol plate (on the left).

[peterg]

Having fitted them I can say that they fit very well although the screw holes needed a little easing to fit the fourth screw. As said they are substantially stronger than the original and made of cast zinc rather than welded alluminium.

As a result I have two spare. If anyone is interested they are available at £60 the pair plus postage. When I get the time I will photograph them and place them in the sales forum.

If any more are required I can get them cast, but they will have a slightly larger base as my plates are at the limit of their adjustment.

Peter

[peterg]

I have sold the two spares but if there is enough interest I can get a further batch of four cast