"Repairing FUD (3-D Printed) Material?" Topic
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| Gear Pilot | 06 Apr 2020 6:46 a.m. PST |
Hi folks, I have some small 3-D printed starships in FUD that were damaged in shipping. What's the beat way to repair them? The repair would be a Butt joint. I've read suggestions for supper glue, but also read that Acetone can be used to smooth some 3-D materials. Can it be used to re-fuse broken materials? Thanks! |
| Given up for good | 06 Apr 2020 12:23 p.m. PST |
Butt joints will be fragile full stop. Any chance of pinning them? I've tried acetone as glue before (both hobby and industry) and would never use it again. Control is virtually nil, smell horrible and identifying drips etc very hard. |
dragon6  | 06 Apr 2020 1:50 p.m. PST |
Pin them. FUD is soft so easily drilled . Do try to line them up properly and them superglue them. |
| Gear Pilot | 06 Apr 2020 2:32 p.m. PST |
Well, there is no way to pin it unless I leave the pin exposed. Much too small and thin. |
| Zephyr1 | 06 Apr 2020 2:42 p.m. PST |
You could probably run a piece of wire along the outside & glue it in place to hold things together. If it's in an area not easily seen, it should blend in once painted (maybe think of it as an engineering modification… ;-) p.s. or instead of wire, maybe glue some thin paper over the area, basically applying a cast to the broken part. Or a combination of the two. Hope that helps… |
| bullant | 06 Apr 2020 3:31 p.m. PST |
It will depend on what material the pieces are printed in (resin/PLA/PVA etc). Super glue does work for some materials better than others. A two part epoxy should be ok. Pinning will help with either option. |
| Thresher01 | 06 Apr 2020 4:18 p.m. PST |
Contact the shipper and ask for a replacement. If it's from Shapeways, they've always done right by me. They'll want a photo or two of the damage to show the defect(s). FUD wings, tails, and rudders are very fragile, especially on 1/600th and smaller aircraft. |
| Daricles | 10 Apr 2020 9:13 p.m. PST |
Pin it. Tack the part in place with superglue then drill through both parts and insert a pin that's just a hair shorter than the hole you drilled and push it flush. If you go too far and leave a dimple fill it with green stuff and sand it flush. If that won't work sculpt a new part from GS. It adheres pretty well when it dries. If you can't sculpt try "gluing" it with a very thin layer of GS. |
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worries about not losing his rules stuff.