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Car Luggage Cover Fitting
Miguel Angelo de Oliveira, Hartsdale, NY
When some plastic part breaks in your
car, the chances of finding a replace-
ment and then being able to buy it
without getting a second mortgage are
slim to none. My Thing-O-Matic allowed
me to replace a broken plastic fitting in
my car's luggage cover, which saved me
from having to buy a whole new one at
roughly half the price of my 3D printer
kit. I have now helped many others make
vacuum cover clips, shower head hold-
ers, and many other hard-to-find re-
placement parts.
Figure 16-5.
Car luggage cover repair solution
Car Window Crank
Michael Gregg, Palo Alto, CA
A good friend of mine was interested in
3D printing. We were hanging out one
Sunday, and he broke the window crank
in his Miata. The auto parts store was not
open until Monday, so I whipped this up
for him using SolidWorks and my Mak-
erBot.
Figure 16-6.
Replacement window crank
Bike Light Mount
Gian Pablo, San Francisco, California
I wanted to attach a rear light to my bike,
but I have a rack installed, so it couldn't
go on the seat post. The rack already had
holes for a license plate, so I made this
simple adapter that goes on the rack us-
ing the existing holes and has a spring
clip that fits the bike light directly, so that
I can attach and remove it quickly.
Figure 16-7.
Rear light attachment
