MakerBot Hero: Car Keys (Epilogue)
Replacement Key Fob
My mom came to visit on Monday night and left yesterday morning. Monday evening she mentioned her car key was broken, I measured the broken parts, printed up two prototypes, and printed out a fully functional replacement the following morning. Well, last night I received an e-mail from my dad:
What a fantastic job you did on your mom’s car keys. Wow! I hope you still have the measurements for that key saved because that car came with two keys and over the years both keys had plastic parts which were shattered. The one you repaired was the better one of the two. However if you can make another one of those cases for it, may be then you can repair the second key as well.
Measurements? Where we’re going we won’t need measurements.
If you need one1 just download the designs from Thingiverse, fire up your 3D printer, and crank out a few parts.
Posts in this series:
- MakerBot Hero: Car Keys I
- MakerBot Hero: Car Keys II
- MakerBot Hero: Car Keys III
- MakerBot Hero: Car Keys IV
- MakerBot Hero: Car Keys Epilogue
- Or, in the case of my parents, two or more. [↩]
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2 Comments so far
Richard K
Awesome set of blogs. Always nice to see a real happy ending!
Kevin Reid
A suggestion: Add to the Thingiverse page what model of car the keys were for, so people can tell whether it will likely be an exact match for theirs or not.