Fix broken plastics yourself :)

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#1 12 years ago

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mkgort

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Just thought I would share a fix I did on the No Fear mountain.

The right side mounting hole was broken off. Someone had used a twist tie to secure it

Bought some $.99 molding clay and shaped it to what I thought would work.
I had some golf club shafting epoxy left over, so just mixed some of that up and poured it in the mold.
Stuck the broken side into the epoxy and let it set overnight.
Used the conical attachment on the Dremel to smooth the edges.
Broke out the air brush and used my extremely limited artistic abilities to add some rock-ness.
Gave the whole thing a quick Varathane.
Installed it

Not perfect, but for me it beats paying $40 for a new one.

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#2 12 years ago

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mkgort

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Athens, GA

12y 29,150 422 2

. Mountain_7.jpg

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#3 12 years ago

PBH

PinballHelp

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neat idea.. let us know how it holds up...

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#4 12 years ago

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ThePostmaster

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Looks good!

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#5 12 years ago

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donjagra

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Nice fix, looks natural.

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#6 12 years ago

PCB

PaulyB18

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Wow nice work!

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#7 12 years ago

TOM

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Very creative!

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#8 12 years ago

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mrgone

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looks good. thanks for sharing this.

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#9 12 years ago

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Soapman

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very good idea. please let use know how it holds up

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#10 12 years ago

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Nibbles

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Awesome! Great post, I love to see other people's DIY techniques.

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#11 12 years ago

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mojozone

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Nice job. Creative for sure

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#12 12 years ago

GEM

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Hey, that does look pretty good. Im sure it feels nice fixing it yourself. I havent had the need to perform this yet but feel more confident after viewing your post. Thanks for sharing. I love threads like these.

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#13 12 years ago

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The_Dude_Abides

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Well played sir!!

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#14 12 years ago

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Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:
Well played sir!!

And a good day to you, sir!

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#15 12 years ago

AJD

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+1's all around.

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#16 12 years ago

RUM

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Great idea and great job! Thanks for posting this info.

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#17 12 years ago

RWH

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Wow you did a great job!

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#18 12 years ago

BRI

BriGuy5

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Looks like an infomercial for mighty putty. Love that stuff.

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#19 12 years ago

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mkgort

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Thank you all very kindly for the positive feedback! It really puts me in the mood to fix something else

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#20 12 years ago

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docscott

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good job. i'm sure it will work on other plastics.

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#21 12 years ago

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vid1900

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In the future, if you want to make it stronger, add some fiberglass mesh (any Kmart or auto parts store) to the epoxy and it will be almost indestructible.

Rough up the backside of the existing mountain so the epoxy has something to bite into and let the fiberglass overlap onto it.

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#22 12 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

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Ann Arbor, MI

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Nice fix. Funny, I just took the mountain off my NF last night and noticed it was taped on to the ball popper and has no screw holes...so I will be doing something like this shortly!

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#23 12 years ago

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mkgort

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12y 29,150 422 2

Quoted from TheLaw:
taped on to the ball popper

Ouch.

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#24 12 years ago

SMK

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Popper was having problems ejecting balls so i wanted to take a look at it. Get the socket out to remove the bolts and...umm...where are they? WTF electrical tape?!? Kind of funny actually.
I'll file that away when looking to buy my next pin..."Look for taped on plastics."

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#25 12 years ago

SMK

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Ann Arbor, MI

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Finally got around to it. At first i tried the modeling clay and it worked decent. But the longer side I had epoxy'ed wrong...so the then I just sat the thing on wax paper and threw on a bunch of epoxy in a shape and let it dry. Then ripped of the wax paper, cut the epoxy to the shape I wanted, dremmeled, painted, applied. So thank for the original post mkgort!

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