DIYbanter - View Single Post

amdx[_3_]

On 1/24/2018 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 4:24:24 PM UTC-5, wrote:

I have not yet taken it off the board. The pot does work, but the shaft
is broken below the front panel surface.

JB Weld is your best friend. Get a soda-straw or heat-shrink tubing about the same diameter as the shaft, either use the broken piece or a suitable bit of solid material to extend the shaft to the correct length. Mix up the *SLOW* JB Weld epoxy, and use the straw/tubing to hold the shebang together and vertical, but out of the pot, until the epoxy sets up. Let the epoxy fill any voids. The result will be stronger than the original.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

I have repaired many broken plastic parts.
I have a kit with 0.025" and 0.035" drill bits and
matching steel rods. I put the parts together, then drill
through where inserting a steel pin will give it the most strength.
I epoxy the joint and the pin and put it all together.
I use a Dremel tool to drill the hole and and cut the steel pin off,
after the epoxy sets.
The epoxy I have is Huntsman Fastweld 10, (ex. Ciba-Geigy Araldite)
It is a 5 minute set 24 hour cure.

Mikek