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| retiredcaps:
--- Quote from: bd139 on August 17, 2017, 01:44:47 pm ---Epoxy worked for me. --- End quote --- Modemhead has a few documented cases at http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/beckman-industrial-hd140-multimeter/ http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/beckman-industrial-hd110-multimeter/ He does similar fixes for the Fluke 70 series I and II, but they are not publicly documented. |
| yo0:
--- Quote from: WastelandTek on August 17, 2017, 04:24:55 pm --- --- Quote from: Fungus on August 17, 2017, 01:23:45 pm ---Disaster! I was putting the lid back on the meter and one of the screw posts broke off. I was being as gentle as I could, etc., but I guess the plastic is getting old and I don't know what previous owner-gorillas have done to it in the past. On careful inspection I also noticed a crack in the other screw post down near the bottom. I don't think the one near the bottom is going anywhere because it's pressed between the input jacks. The one at the top, though? It's gone. I has a sad. :( What now? Epoxy? --- End quote --- What I would do in this situation is get the Dremel out with a tiny round die grinder tip and rough up the surface around the break, being careful not to mar the actual broken surface. I would use cyanoacrilate to stick the part back on, then bury the whole roughed up area with JB-weld --- End quote --- another option is cyanoacrilate and baking soda, really strong reinforcement. always works for me. you can reconstruct pieces with missing parts even, a bit of labor cause yo need apply both ingredients in alternate way (layers), i put a good drop of cyanoacrilate in a piece of glass, and grab a tiny amount with a jewerly flat screewdriver then baking soda till you obtain the needed volume and form, you can sand, drill the resultant rock. best regards Pio |
| WastelandTek:
--- Quote from: yo0 on August 17, 2017, 06:20:18 pm --- another option is cyanoacrilate and baking soda, really strong reinforcement. always works for me. you can reconstruct pieces with missing parts even, a bit of labor cause yo need apply both ingredients in alternate way (layers), i put a good drop of cyanoacrilate in a piece of glass, and grab a tiny amount with a jewerly flat screewdriver then baking soda till you obtain the needed volume and form, you can sand, drill the resultant rock. best regards Pio --- End quote --- yeah, I have used the cyanoacrilate/baking soda trick too, the resultant matter is hard indeed, good call |
| Electro Detective:
Identical cracks on mine too, some pics to help with the group pain therapy :'( :'( :'( As pictured I have secured the bits with electrical tape as a quick n dirty temp measure to not lose the bits and will do the Super Glue/epoxy/magic spell thing (or better recommended alternative) when I get some free -fiddly job- brain space time Hey guys, it's not a deal breaker, 8060A wasn't built to be like a Fluke 28-11 ordeal meter. >:D In a pinch put some duck/duct tap around the edges and wack it in a rubber holster (preferably YELLOW) if you want to upgrade it's field durability (and Flukey pro meter vibe) :-DMM 87 mk1 and others have the same cracks too, and certainly can't be related to how many times you unscrew the item or whatever, I've done about 6 battery changes on both meters over the years, taking care putting the screws back as they were originally orientated and to not stuff up the internal thread cut into the silly plastic joke posts. The 289 has the same plastic post BS, the small black battery section retaining screw has already turned into an asteroid field >:( It must be a Fluke plastics thing, because the same vintage Taiwan made meters by competitor brands have not cracked (yet) :phew: Continuing to use sharp metal self tapping screws into flimsy thin plastic posts from the 1980s till recently, on EXPENSIVE professional and industrial Cat rated meters, severely compromising their containment strength in an unfortunate -meter blowout- scenario, as shown in the scare tactic 'marketing' videos :scared: is D U H City... :palm: :palm: and worthy of a few consecutive -Dumbass Design Awards- :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: |
| Fungus:
After I stick the post back (method undecided until I experiment) I'm thinking about binding the two posts at the top to the side of the case with epoxy for future support. I'm guessing DrT didn't design the case. |
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