flying42 wrote:I'm sure it would be feasible to fiberglass resin a large T-nut or plate assembly back to the head as there seems to be no fracturing. If it were me, this would be the opp to play around with some mods as well. Lamp nipples, no pun intended, can adapt from one size of thread to another, and are very useful for many assemblies, as are mending plates, electrical covers and boxes with 3/4 knockouts, and automotive studs and threaded coupler adapters. God, I love hardware terminology.
Word to the wise on drilling and grinding fiberglass: be very careful with the dust, not only is it bad to breathe and itchy, but will be hard to clean off the TPE. See the posts in the mannequin section. Thorough peelback of the skin and masking off the area is a must, and slightly dampening the area or taping a vacuum near the point of machining will help keep the dust down.
The ease of replacing the head and potential value in resale here is a point worth repeating: modularity of doll anatomy is the way to go!
(If only the skin colors were reliable)
Guess one method would be to purchase spare parts on initial order, like the heads. Let's work with the hands next, OK?
Here is how I would attempt this. I'd go with Rainkings Idea with a electrical box cover. Or cut my own ( I have stainless but it's too thick) The thinner the tin the better.
I'd pre-fab the fix get all measurements etc. Probably could use the original nut, if not, use new.
Prep the "head plate" get it all marked where I will place screws. and hole position for neck, weld that nut on there.. (May also want to put a stop on the nut so it does not turn the threaded rod/tube right thru) Drill all holes for the screws in the plate...
Now comes the fun part wheeee!!!
Put on Eyelash guard. Put her head in the fabric bag she came with... she did come with a fabric bag, no?
Wrap her her head in an old t-shirt.....
Open up your vise...
stick her head in it and gently snug it so she does not squirm around ya know?
line up your new plate, and drill the holes , and insert your self tappers.... Before screwing down the plate, could always add a very thin layer of epoxy between tin and the resin then screw it on.
The only thing is what will the tin we added cause here? will it cause head to sit higher, making it look weird? Should be thin enough, to not cause problems.
But could be just enough to bind on neck skin. ??? That's a problem we wont know until fitting it.
Most important thing is getting the nut center, so her head is seated correct, and not off kilter
Just more of my wacky ways
I have attempted repair with super glue which came apart as soon as I centered her head to make her look straight ahead. Second repair attempt was using multi purpose adhesive, may as well have used oil as glue instead for the good that did.
