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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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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?