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I think that I need to make a few new ones!
Three of these will just get a new birdsmouth, plus a further three new ones.
The red plastic one came with my first TS some 15 years ago, it’s never been used in anger and serves purely as a template.
I always use two but ensure that others are at hand so that I’m not tempted to do without if I can’t lay my hands on them once the TS is powered up.
I always use mdf (laminate flooring I found on a skip in this case)to make these, my thinking is, if I have a catastrophic failure then I’ve not got to worry about big splinters being driven into my hands. Also there are no flying shards when as is inevitable when the end gets cut away.
 

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ebiker, I get your point re M.D.F. and the lack of splinters. With respect, I beg to differ. MDF is mildly hygroscopic, getting worse with age. It then softens, and I found that it lost its load bearing qualities, leading to bends, and in one case, unexpected delamination while my 2.5h.p. router was on full chat...😳
If you do go down this route, may I please advise sealing the Mouldy Digestive Fragment with a good varnish before use?
 
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