Lee, I have had an other offer of help from your community - so I will see how it goes after Christmas. My friends who know me better would find the idea of me making for myself an extremely funny one - due to my practical incompetence.The most I might attempt is a simple rectangular plate - to allow me to at least assemble and set-up the guitar, whilst I continue to look-out for a reasonable replacement. Thanks once again for the offer of help.