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Does anyone know how to repair cracked Sinar F standards?
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:35 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Marizu
The Sinar F and multipurpose standards are prone to cracks. I tried to glue one with superglue but it didn't work.
Does anyone know what does work?
Thank you,
Marizu
Re: Does anyone know how to repair cracked Sinar F standards?
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:05 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by dennis
Have you tried epoxy such as Araldite? Usually works for anything. Dennis.
Re: Does anyone know how to repair cracked Sinar F standards?
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:29 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by lostlandsuk
Hi Marizu - they're a total pain aren't they . . .but they are repariable with Araldite and gaffa tape . . .yes it looks ugly as hell, but it works. I'd recommend the Araldite Precision which is the slow-setting stuff, and keeping everything held together with masking tape until it all sets . . usually 24+ hours.
The one thing I will say about this is that it WON'T be an invisible mend . . .and when I discovered that I couldn't do that, I added a few layers of Araldite over the repair and then gaffa-taped it it all. I added these as assurances . . .not sure if they were entirely necessary, but I didn't want it falling abpart on me in the field!
You can also repair fluidless Sinar bubble levels with . . .vodka and Araldite
Phil