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| Electro Detective:
Don't get too creative on any renovation work before confirming the case will still close, it's a tight ship in there |
| Fungus:
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on August 18, 2017, 08:47:14 am ---Don't get too creative on any renovation work before confirming the case will still close, it's a tight ship in there --- End quote --- Yeah, yeah. I'm checking that carefully. The ones at the top have quite a lot of free space towards the side of the case. On the opposite side I need to stay below the level of the button holder and avoid the corner of the screen. There's a lot of reinforcement to be had though. The screw post at the bottom has almost no space at all around it. I might rough it up a bit and put a thin layer of epoxy to fill/reinforce the crack. The silver linings are that thanks to the missing post I can rough up the side of the case really well to take the glue and those little plastic rings around the top of the posts will make sure it all aligns correctly while the glue sets. |
| frozenfrogz:
If you really want to toughen it up, do not only use 2-comp epoxy, but also some glass fiber. That way you do not really need a lot of epoxy (thus no problems regarding space in the housing) and it will be much tougher than a big blob of epoxy. You should get small pieces of glass fiber cloth or ribbon in the hardware store / hobby store. |
| Fungus:
--- Quote from: WastelandTek on August 17, 2017, 06:56:25 pm --- --- 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. --- End quote --- yeah, I have used the cyanoacrilate/baking soda trick too, the resultant matter is hard indeed, good call --- End quote --- I'm just researching this. It's one of Adam Savage's recommended tricks. I just did an experiment with a tube of glue and a pile of baking soda on some paper and I like the result. I want to play with glue/soda ratios, find some similar plastics and see how well it sticks, etc. I'm going to need some more glue... I'll also do some experiments with different epoxys before I decide. Epoxy + fiberglass might be best. It mostly depends on what sticks best to the plastic. Lots of things to consider/experiment with. No hurry though, I don't mind leaving the screws out for a while. |
| Electro Detective:
Some doubled up good quality electrical or duct tape along the sides will keep it together in the meantime and do a better job than the flimsy cracked posts A pair of thick re-usable cable ties works too in a pinch, if you don't care about looks ::) the meter will still rock :-+ Excluding the Fluke 8060A because it's a way back model, it's preposterous Fluke still flog their Cat safety BS on many of their cracked screw post meters in later 'modern' meters which are no longer secured together to contain the -BLASTS- they boast about much less survive a good drop which would split the meter in two..make that three or more counting the flying circuit board and fuses :palm: I use and endorse some of their gear, but this is one big fluke up they need to address asap I've been taping up the sides of my Flukes for years to reinforce the cracked post BS, a necessary 'safety upgrade' hard to spot once the yellow holster is on, I don't know what the long term gripping strength of any glues vs Fluke plastics is going to be, nor do I want to mess with the meter structural insides, which gives Fluke a back door to get out of their responsibility in case the meter fails, i.e. your Defense can tell the Judge and Jury in court, that electrical tape on a flimsy manufactured hyped Safety rated meter is not a 'modification' nor a practice specifically recommended against by the meter manufacturer in the user manual, packaging, advertising, or otherwise whilst you discretely display The Finger to the Prosecution vipers >:D |
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