The crack is the part of the clip. Sorry for not being clear on that. I have clay that I will use to form a mold of the clip on top of the stand since both sides are symmetrical and the other half is intact. Then I will pour my liquid plastic/resin into the mold after it has taken its form. I will then use some strong glue and attach and sand down uneven parts. It’s not a quick job but it should work regardless
If the clip is cracked, or even broken, solvent would be a good fix. I have in my hand a can of “Weld-On”, by IPS corporation in Gardena Ca (www.ipscorp.com). It’s thinner than water, and aggressively dissolves the plastic. You put just a drop or two on a crack (or hold a completely broken piece together), and the plastic bonds in seconds. Full strength in a few hours. That should be fine for the clip, if you lay the clip piece down on something flat and push the “solvent-welded pieces” together & allow to dry, should be plenty strong enough.
Solvent likes to run under one’s fingers if you’re not careful, leaving a very nice detailed finger-print in the plastic!
RE “making a mold” and using resin (polyester resin? With black pigment?) — resin is pretty strong. I use paraffin for molds; but the resin has to be popped out when it’s gelled, LONG before it hardens. Pull the resin as soon as it gels (and lay on waxed paper to harden), it pops out of the wax easily. Wait for it to fully harden, and the only way it separates from the wax is by melting the wax!
I don’t have experience with clay molds. Is it the “sculpy” kind that you catalyze in the oven (turning it into something like rubber)? You might consider making some cuts into the remaining clip piece (“stump”), forming fingers. Then put the broken clip in the mold — the resin will form matching fingers, and bond to the plastic clip (no glue needed). A glue-bond on the old break line won’t be as strong as the original plastic (and THAT broke!). If the connection between the new material and the old is made with “fingers”, it would be much stronger…
If ya’ don’t have the broken-off piece it’s kinda moot, the only approach is to make a new piece.
There’s a post on PVB about having a new clip “3D-printed”; that would be ideal, and fillets can be added so it won’t break again.
Thanks for the advice and tips. Much appreciated. Are there really places that 3D print these parts? If you happen to know a link, could you share? Hell if I don’t have to go through the work of making my own, I definitely won’t lol. I haven’t decided which material I am using for the replacement piece yet since I haven’t yet received the stand. I want to get an actual feel for the plastic/material before I start this.
retronintendonerd wrote:
I have stuff to make a new clip at home already. I’ve done similar fabrications so it shouldn’t be much trouble for me.
I’m curious as to how you will make the new clip?
retronintendonerd wrote:
I come across a site with a stand for $8 with one crack I could easily fix.
And how will you fix the crack? Plastic solvent? I posted my repair using steel hardware, very solid and won’t crack in the future. I can’t imagine any repair to the plastic hub that would be immune from future cracks (even solvent-repair, though stronger than glue, would not even be as strong as an uncracked original).
I further modified my stand after I posted pics here, molded an epoxy shell that super-glued over where the original hub would have gone, made it look much more “original”. A spritz of black spray paint completed the fraud.
The crack is the part of the clip. Sorry for not being clear on that. I have clay that I will use to form a mold of the clip on top of the stand since both sides are symmetrical and the other half is intact. Then I will pour my liquid plastic/resin into the mold after it has taken its form. I will then use some strong glue and attach and sand down uneven parts. It’s not a quick job but it should work regardless
That’s a nice looking stand. Mine was finally shipped out today. In theory, I should have it tomorrow since there’s less than 100 miles distance between the seller and I. I need to figure out how to fix my glitchy right screen. I’ll post some pictures of the stand when it arrives and try to get some after I fix it.
I have stuff to make a new clip at home already. I’ve done similar fabrications so it shouldn’t be much trouble for me.
This was a used system that I bought for $30 I’m assuming the kid that originally owned it just got bored and scratched it off. I have a new controller and AC adapter and battery pack on the way though.
Dreammary wrote:
That’s an insanely low price! I have not seen one less then $35.
Same here. It was just too damn good to pass up and almost too good to be true. I can fix the broken part of the stand with some moldable plastic pellets and a thing to cast it in (still comes out cheaper than buying an intact one). I’ve been sitting at my mailbox waiting for the postman more than a kid waiting for gifts on xmas.
