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Old Fluke Multimeters
bd139:
Great tip with the bicarb and cyanoacrylate. I tried it with loctite gel and it actually comes out pretty amazing. I was partially expecting it to catch fire (try pouring it on cotton wool) but nope, nice fast setting filler! :-+
Just as a note there are two subtle differences between bicarb and baking powder. The latter has something in it that smells funky. I avoided using that!
martinr33:
For a thermoplastic (which the Fluke cases likely are) you should use a plastic welding adhesive. This stuff is super thin, and crawls into the gap between the parts. It fuses the pieces back together, and is very strong. The bond is better than epoxy. Hard to get because of the chemicals, but take a look at this:
https://eugenetoyandhobby.com/shop/stuff-liquid-plastic-welder-micro-mark-84113/?gclid=CjwKCAjww9_MBRAWEiwAlaMJZrK8vJzslcoB6mx1iejZzsUDGF7rxTPqElnGxT62777UFlchYkBlHhoC8-QQAvD_BwE
frozenfrogz:
Does anyone know exactly what type / blend of plastic is used for the 8060 / 8020 / ... cases? ABS sounds plausible, but there are no markings (at least in the units I had on my bench) and it can well be a lot of different plastics.
ABS can be weld-bonded with dichloromethane or MEK. Structural stabilization with epoxy and some glass fiber would still be my recommendation after fixing the pieces in place.
Fungus:
--- Quote from: bd139 on August 19, 2017, 10:38:50 am ---Just as a note there are two subtle differences between bicarb and baking powder.
--- End quote ---
They're completely different things.
The choice of glue seems important. Loctite professional is the way to go according to several web sites.
Electro Detective:
I prefer to let Fluke bean counters get experimental glue combos all over their manicured dishpan hands >:(
and perform plastics 'research' for their current and next gen meters.
..and in the meantime send all us Fluke fanboy/user/customers (and possible future customers) replacement chassis with threaded metal inserts
for our recent model -Cat Crippled- meters
Some of us customers have real work to get on with... using Fluke brand meters that get a FREE advertising plug for the company every time the yellow holsters get drawn from the service kit :-DMM :-DMM :-DMM
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