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Which glue for this repair?
This isn't strictly an rc question but you never know the power of oOple (mods feel free to transplant this if you want)
I have an old Transformer with a broken antenna. I plan to fix him with some brass tubing. My question is what type of glue do I use: thick CA, Gorilla super-glue, epoxy etc? I suppose a little flex might be good so it doesn't just snap off again. There's a little space inside the brass collar so the glue needs to fill that for a really good bond. Curing time not a problem at all. Someone said epoxy is what I need. Any particular brand you recommend? p.s. I actually used the brass tubing to repair my Procat wishbone... http://www.oople.com/forums/showpost...9&postcount=24
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i would drill a hole through the center of it so it cant be seen,and use a small piece of plastic rod then weld it together with some plasti weld or something similar from a plumbers shop
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Or even use an old drive pin instead of a plastic rod
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cut the other three off and add the brass bling so they match
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Hi mate, I d bon't think you'll need to tube at all tbh. If you get a pin vice and small bit (say .8mm), drill a hole into the end of the broken parts then epoxy in a length of piano wire to pin the two parts together you;ll be amazed how strong it is.
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Or just drill into both bits and screw in a thin threaded bar ( say 1.5mm) like used for model plane controls
Then screw the arieal back on
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Thanks for all the helpful replies.
I used the brass tube, some Unibond epoxy and finished off with some Tamiya acrylic Flat Black. I didn't do the drilling thing, but hopefully this will be OK just for display.
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An idea might have been to roll some epoxy putty around the brass tube and let it go off, then mount the tube in a drill and you could shape it exactly as the original ?
I had sort of the same problem extending a Hen Long Tiger Tank barrel, worked a treat and the barrel still fires like its supposed to.
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