Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:I'm not aware of the later couplers being reproduced. Early repro ones are. They are the same as Joy Line. Let me dig through my drawer. I may have a used one.
Steve
finally got to the garage. The ones in my junk bin all have the locking twist tab broken off. Sorry.
Steve
A tig or mig welder tack could build up a tab, to be shaped by Dremel, but if the tab needs twisting forget it, the steel will be too brittle. It would need to be locked above deck by a tab hole and cotter/lock pin.
Making a male draw bar out of a brass strip is the down and dirty way. Useful, you may want some around anyhow. (Heat to bend if it's hard, softer bars will work harden at the bend. Some hammer tapping too especially along lengths. But shouldn't be an issue unless it's "butter". Softer brass still pulls postwar ok.
