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The carriage lock itself us usually a pretty simple piece to duplicate. All of the ones that I have actually seen were basically a short piece of steel flat bar with the center 70 percent or so milled about 1/16" thinner than the ends, And with a hole drilled and tapped in the center. If you can't buy a replacement but have access to a mill or milling attachment, the hardest part of the job will be figuring out what to do with the left-over material. If you are going to make it yourself, and are going to use a milling attachment, cut two pieces and drill and tap one of them to use as a temporary lock shoe while you are milling out the other one.