Drain Plug solved!!

[Kneale Brownson]

At 05:43 PM 11/13/2002 -0800, james accordino wrote:
>O.K., I agree.  BUT, now the plastic stock needs to be
>probably at least 3/4 to an inch thick.  Right?  I
>mean if you're going to get enough threads to seal and
>enough "meat" for a wrench to grip.  You can't have an
>eight of an inch of raised hexagon to grip, right?  I
>also think the compounding of the plastic is an issue.
>  I'm not trying to throw a wrench into a good idea,
>just trying to add a bit of reason.  I really for the
>life of me couldn't imagine that the new plastic plug
>from the dealer would cost $35.  Is this the real
>price?  Does anyone else know?  This seems almost
>unbelievable to me.  Anyone?

I have no plastics technology understanding, but I see plastics with many
different characteristics offered in a wide variety of
shapes/dimensions.  I mean, you can buy stuff as sheets, rods, square
tubes, square rods, etc. from relatively small dimensions up to multiple
inches.  I could see a 1 1/4" rod of appropriate plastic being turned down
to whatever dimension fits the threads and then threaded with a nice collar
and then the wrench surface beyond that, so it's formed just like a bolt
with fixed washer.  No idea of the equipment needed, but I can't see the
result costing $35 each if you set up and made more than a handful.