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This is actually very similar to real plastic repair/welding. Just a slightly more simple solution. Body shop that does plastic repairs inset metal wire into plastic bumpers and such.
Used to make vape coils with 316 stainless steel, in roughly 22 gauge it was still super flexible after multiple heating and cooling cycles and this would be in the adjustment stage so talking yellow hot to touch it cool in a second or so. A split ring of that should work pretty well here since it's pretty firm while cold yet still flexible enough to not snap either.
Because the crack is on the outside. I have that case, it's got an outer shell which you see, and on the inside there's plastic that confirms to the saw that it holds. You can't separate them without breaking it.
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That's really awesome and all but I'll just stick w/ my crack lighter and paperclip trick..... You can probably figure out how it works by the name. LoL
Metal reinforcement is nice but a flexible metal mesh is better, also it needs a literal bead of plastic sometimes to create water proof seals or in my case bumpers
I love how these pop out right out during the presentation xD If you don't have a plastic welder and you don't care about the aesthetics, just stitch it with a wire/zip tie and use flexible glue.
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I use metal screen for doing this. It imbeds better, can be used on any contour, allows flexibility and you know it's not going to pop out or come out at all for that matter. ✌️
It’s a temp fix as soon as you push to hard or the plastic stretches around the rings it coming lose you would be better if drilling holes and use zip ties for a longer run and would have a cooler looking finish
There's another way to repair it: make a holes on both sides of the crack with small screwdriver and lighter. Sew the plastic with fat thread made from natural materials and applying super glue. The thread will harden like a plastic and it's fiber will prevent it from breaking. The result looks a bit better, and proved to be sturdy enough.
As a autobody tech I do a lot of plastic welding to repair broken bumpers and this is just not a proper repair. The broken plastic isn't being welded to together to begin with they're just melting the top part and embedding rings which looks terrible and will not hold properly over time because the main body of plastic is still broken and separated
theres literally a plastic welding tool designed to do exactly this. it uses staple like fasteners instead, which will work way better than those circles
The easiest but not the strongest and cleanest way. Been working projects and hobbies involving plastics like ABS, PLA, etc. Those rings will just pop out in no time. You can use smaller diameter wires and use plastic cement that melts the two parts and welds them stronger. I don't also recommend CA glue to repair plastics because they always come off after a period of time. There's a Chinese AB glue I always buy at MR.DIY store. They adhere to plastic very strongly and turns white when dried.
Only works with thermoplastics , ie, one’s that are able to be melted again. Also, it doesn’t look like it’d hold very well. And careful with melting plastics and being around the potentially toxic fumes
You dont need solder just stick the iron in to the crack in different spots allowing to cool. Like spot welding on a car. After enough of them you can start blending it more
the material used not the best. i also use a similar soldering iron but using its sides for heating which is good for large damage but not smaller ones, so the bolt attached to the iron is a good idea.
Interesting. Never had an opportunity to use 3d printer/filament yet but definitely move higher on the list the more I learn about it. Thanks for sharing.
Do you weld both sides, or is one side sufficient? I imagine it depends on the thickness and type of plastic being welded. Can Plastic bottles be welded? Can Vinyl sheets be welded? Can those Switchback Welding parts be used to help weld metal to Steel and/or Aluminum? A Viewer asked a similar question below. I, too want to know the brand of the Plastic Welder; the name of the Switchback parts, and Material Options for those parts.
One time I had a hole in a basketball so I just took a piece of electrical tape and stuck it to the hole and then took my Sauter and melted the tape to the ball
