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Is there a service to get a replica made in metal?
There is, but you might not want to pay for it. There are several ways to cut that out from sheet stock, and if you wanted hundreds of them then they would be cheap. If you just want one, get ready to pay £100 or get your drills and files out and make it yourself.
Oddly, carbon fibre might be the cheapest way to get somebody else to make it, as https://www.fibre-lyte.co.uk/ are ready, willing and able to make one-off flat parts, usually for less than generalist metalworking shops charge. -
If you are able to glue it back together, its shape looks like it would lend itself to being used as a former for lost-wax casting. Last time I looked there were a couple of people offering this service in the jeweller's workshops in Clerkenwell Close. They usually cast in silver (not as spendy as you might think) or brass. Might work out cheaper than asking a metal shop to fabricate a one-off.
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How thick is it? Looks like it'd be pretty easy to make from aluminium with a hacksaw, files and a milling machine.
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I have a broken plastic thing. It is to catch the latch for our (very heavy) front door. For various extremely dull reasons I'm finding it very hard to get a direct replacement.
Is there a service to get a replica made in metal?
(it's about 5x4 cms and a few mm thick.)
Or would a 3d printed one be strong enough?
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