DarkOne wrote:I would suggest you try more with the iron, but what I did was use a regular soldering iron tip, but the end of it was sanded down to a round nub, and the tip was bent into a J like shape for being able to smooth TPE with the outside curve.
Copper cored (or even just plated) soldering iron tips will conduct heat better then many other materials.
Another suggestion would be aluminum rod. Steel is a very poor conductor of heat and that steel blade is not nearly thick enough to conduct heat or hold enough heat.
Point taken.
...a couple of hours later...
New cut New aluminium blade and new hook attachment Repair, (this repair is closest to the camera, not to be confused with the previous repair further from the camera).
Blade was sizzling hot. The blade pulled through reasonably quickly. TPE was molten and pushed together.
Wait about 10 min and give it some wellie This seems a much better fix than before.
Thank you Dark One, for your insight and suggestions.
Tyr