>The Gauntlet has been hurled at our feet!  To a Galoot, "not sourceable"
just means "I'll have to make it myself!"

 

>John Ruth  

 

At the risk of asking a foolish question to this group.

 

Why bother?  Will it be stronger?  So much of any repro is going to be off
from the original that it seems pointless.

 

Obviously Stanley being a huge company out to make money had a reason to
take on the extra expense, but that is lost on me.  Until I can accept a
reason to do the harder thing , I'll do the easy thing.

 

I think it would be pretty easy to fabricate hinges that look and function
pretty close to the original, but I just don't see the benefit.

 

Again a foolish question for us.

 

Ed O'