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<\/p>\nA long time ago, the non-Lexus vehicle stopped unlocking when you put the key into the lock and turned. Apparently, this is not a physical act but an electronic one, whereby a chip in the key tells the door to unlock. So either the key chip or the sensor went on the blink, so I started carrying a fob (and feeling like a fop for pushing a button to unlock the car.<\/p>\n
Then, the little plastic loop that kept the fob on the key ring developed a crack and fell off the key ring. I was able to fix the little crack with a little epoxy.<\/p>\n
Then, sometimes, the jump ring would part just enough so that the fob could fall off through the weakened, thinner repaired section. I learned not to lock the doors with the switch on the door when leaving the vehicle after the fob fell off inside the car and I thought I’d locked it in the car (which does not open with the key, remember).<\/p>\n
However, at the end of last week, the fob’s repair epoxy came loose and seems to have taken more of the plastic with it. Enough that I don’t know how well I could fix it with another drop of epoxy.<\/p>\n
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To replace it, of course, would be hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n
I’ve been thinking about how to affix the fob to a keychain. I thought about wrapping it like a jewelry pendant; I even bought three dollars worth of 20 gauge wire on Sunday. However, my early attempts did not look like this:<\/p>\n
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So I thought of other things. Affixing it to the end of a belt with a leather bezel. Then I thought: Oh, yeah. I have lots of plastic needlepoint canvas and yarn.<\/p>\n
So I built a little case for it and sewed on part of an old swag lanyard.<\/p>\n
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It looks a little fru fru if you look at it closely, but I don’t plan on letting anyone look at my keys closely.<\/p>\n
And it was cheaper than a $400 replacement.<\/p>\n
And it has no danger of poking holes in my pockets like my amateur attempt at wire wrapping would have.<\/p>\n