[Boatanchors] Repairing plastic VTVM meter cover

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

Go to a hobby store that deals in plastic models."Testor's" has a 
plastic glue that is very thin and is applyed by a brush fixed to the 
cap.My bottle looks like an old fashoned ink bottle but smaller.In very 
fine print on the back it saya"Testor Plastic Cement No. 3502."
  As long as you have a "clean" break this stuff works well.It sets fast 
but needs a couple of hours to firm up,let it go overnight but check 
periodically that the pieces haven't shifted for some 
reason.Additionally, after the glue has set and cured,you can carefully 
"backfill" any little gaps by careful use of the brush.Once you remount 
the cover to the meter it should be pretty safe.I've had good results 
on similar incedents,my own and the never ending repair of my kid's 
toys,stuff,etc.
 Good Luck,let us know what works for you!
  Jay KE6PPF


-----Original Message-----
From: John King <k5pgw at yahoo.com>
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 7:55 pm
Subject: [Boatanchors] Repairing plastic VTVM meter cover



Today, I knocked over my Heath IM 18 VTVM and cracked the meter face 
cover. I
corner of the plastic meter face cover was broken OUT.

I would like to glue the hunk of plastic back in the plastic cover but 
something
tells me that super glue will NOT WORK. Any experience with gluing this 
type of
clear plastic out there?

Suggestions based upon your experience with this type of plastic will 
be
appreciated. Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW



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