Ok, first off, a HUGE thank you to Killdozer for making this possible (by which I mean he put me on this contact..) His constant search for this part turned up some very unusual options, so it is very appropriate that he should be the one to discover this part. For me, coming on the heels of receiving the emitter the whole thing's just unreal, I am in shock, utterly dumbfounded at my luck to now own one of these parts. My thanks also to another RPFer who cooperated with us in resolving a double contact situation. He's being a real gentleman about it and I'm very grateful to him for that.
Here's the killer--the long threaded extension is a PERFECT tight fit in the handwheel. Just spread some epoxy on that thing and push it in there and you'd get just the sort of gloppy effect from squeezed out glue, cleaned up with a rag, as seen on the prop.
But that's not all--the other part, with holes in it? That is a PERFECT fit inside the clamp. :lol The whole thing is just PERFECT.. Oh, and yes that's one of my modified Roman gears. Roman--note the correct bloody length.. :angry :lol
So here it is, all assembled (roughly, forgive the rotten alignment): :eek
....and the closeup. (no time to redo the photography I'm afraid...):
