Long term skeleton durability
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I'm glad you managed to fix up Emma!
I was feeling your pain
That work looked quite horrific! I'm not that brave enough to attempt this kind of repair on my dolls yet, although one day - I might have to
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hollows+fentiman wrote:Well done Sofos! Emms has a nice neat battle scar there!
Thanks. Emma will wear it with pride
Thanks. I did hesitate a while before making the first cut... But it actually went well.Up2myneck wrote:Hi Sofos,
I'm glad you managed to fix up Emma!
I was feeling your pain
That work looked quite horrific! I'm not that brave enough to attempt this kind of repair on my dolls yet, although one day - I might have to
regards,
Up2
Just did both her knees just now.
Much bigger nut but still not welded. It seems they use imperial and not metric nuts so my tools didn't fit. I used a normal wrench and managed to tighted it but it was not easy. Before I do any more I will get a socket wrench kit for nuts measured in inches. Not so easy to find here because Sweden is really keen on the metric system...
One elbow and two knees fixed so far
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You should take a look at sites like eBay in the UK, although we're 99% metric, there's still a lot of use for imperial wrenches. Have a look for tools for working on classic cars, for example.Sofos wrote: Much bigger nut but still not welded. It seems they use imperial and not metric nuts so my tools didn't fit. I used a normal wrench and managed to tighted it but it was not easy. Before I do any more I will get a socket wrench kit for nuts measured in inches. Not so easy to find here because Sweden is really keen on the metric system...
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Cheers, Hollows.
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Congratulations on your handywork Mister Sofos.
Fortunately when I had my surgery I was off my face on anaesthetic so I didn't feel a thing.
Get well soon Emms, we want you back soon. And strong.
Love
Hanna
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Finding imperial wrenches online is not a problem. A bit more problematic in a store. But I will definitely get one before doing anything more now. With a socket wrench you can keep the cut even shorter too!
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I did apply some blue loctite. But I never unscrewed the nut first so I'm not sure the loctite got into the threading properly. Perhaps a mistake. Time will tell.
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I believe the elbow was a 11/32 nut and the knee a 5/8.
Not 100% sure though.
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And I have now also acquired a socket wrench kit with standard "inches" sizes for future surgeries!