The pivot lock knob broke off some time ago, leaving just a metal stem.
Today I modeled something like the speed control knob to install on the pivot lock. Heated up the metal arm with a butane torch for just long enough to press the knob all the way on and then cool in place; it’s probably not coming off any time soon.
I might sand it, or I might just leave it be. I could have printed it in black to match, but somehow the gray filament was calling my name, so I used that instead.
If anyone else ever needs such a thing, the model is available.
If you are asking what and why: It’s kind of like github, but it’s open source. So you can either use their service, as I do here, or run it yourself, and those who run it themselves can do it on their own for free or pay gitlab for support; lots of institutions choose to pay one way or another. I use it for many of my projects because it’s easy for me to push new versions of files I create; I use git already to keep track of the changes to my files for almost anything I work on, and this way it’s really easy for me to update. It also has lots of features aimed at software developers that I’m not using here.
If you are asking how to use the link above, if you follow the link above, it takes you to a page with a list of file, like this:
