After watching how the light on my blower vibrates, I would suggest
adding some metal bracing as well. I suspect that you could attach this
quite easily with self tapping screws.
Martin
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:28 AM
To: Olympus mail list
Subject: [OM] [OT] Plastic repairs
Seeking the list wisdom on repair of a broken, hard plastic item.
Yesterday my snowblower's plastic headlight casing finally gave up the
ghost. After 12 years of vibration the mounting boss on the bottom of
the case finally cracked all the way through its attachment point at the
bottom of the case and the headlight assembly fell off to be left
dangling by its electrical cord. The resulting hole is relatively
rectangular and approximately 30x40mm with the walls of the case about
2mm thick.
The question is; what should I use to glue it back together.
Cyanoacrylate glue seems not the right thing to me since, although the
pieces fit back together fairly well, there are small gaps around the
periphery that I don't think will be bridged well by a "super glue".
I considered epoxy which will bridge the gaps but epoxy strikes me as
brittle and I suspect the bond or the epoxy might fail from vibration
faster than the original plastic case material.
The only other glue I have on hand is a tube of JH's favorite contact
cement, Walther's "Goo". Perhaps that or "Gorilla Glue" (which I have
never used) might be a bit flexible and stand up to the vibration. The
break has edges which are tapered inward so the mounting boss fits back
in place quite well and will easily stand up to clamping back in place.
Any and all advice appreciated.
ps: I briefly considered mounting all 5 T-32's on the handlebar but I
don't think I can see fast enough to keep up.
Dr. Flash
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