Grabrail stanchion

[Simpo Two]

I'm having a little difficulty finding a part that looks like this:



Note the flared base. Base needs to be about 4mm diameter, and brass. All clues/links welcome please!

[miniman]

First thing that came to mind was part of the steering system on an RC car -

[mmm-five]

Something similar to these?

https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/RB-M...

[Simpo Two]

Oddly enough I was on the phone to them this afternoon! Those ones are rather too high and the wrong profile, but thanks for the thought.

R/C car idea is interesting but the bases are hexagonal I think.



If anyone has a small CNC lathe there's some beer money to be had - there will be other bits I'll need eventually.

[Regbuser]

I'm guessing not flared enough

[Simpo Two]

That's right, I have a packet of those on my desk right now (4.5mm high) and they just don't look as good as the originals.

[Regbuser]

Although if you placed one in a drill chuck, ran the drill, and used a circular needle file, you could remove material to give the flare. Repeatability may be a problem though.

[Yertis]

It's a bit like a locomotive handrail knob. I don't know what scale/gauge you'd need to look at though.

[Simpo Two]

It's 1:18.