Tap Spline Drive

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This is a bit of a niche thing but my bathroom taps have started to come apart on me. I have 5 mixer taps like this - so 10 spigots in total. They have a little plastic insert that splines into the handle and has a "D" shaped internal hole that locates on the spindle. Once these bits break the handle comes loose and you struggle to turn on the taps. Needless to say I couldn't find the bits for sale on line and HD had nothing like it. I therefore was forced to model in Inventor and after about 3 or 4 attempts it worked. I used HIPS - so we will see how long they last. I used 100% fill because I wanted max strength and there was still minimal plastic needed. One design does the right hand and one the left hand tap. If I save one person having to replace their mixer taps, I will have done a service.