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03-07-2013, 03:59 PM | #1 |
Formerly meandnooneelse
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Neck Ball Repair Tutorial
OK, so you’ve accidentally broken the neck ball off of a figure and you want to repair it… well here’s how I do it. Below are most of the tools you need. I forgot to put needle-nosed pliers in the picture, but you will need them! The screw is about the same size as a leg screw only a little longer. I believe this one came out of a cassette tape. The drill bit is 5/64” Here is the underside of poor lifeline’s head. As you can see the neck ball is broken off inside: Step One: Drill a hole in the neck ball about half the depth of the screw. Try to drill the hole in the center of the ball. Step Two: Screw the screw into the neck ball Step Three: Using needle-nosed pliers to grab the screw and your fingers to hold the head, pull the neck ball out of the head. Step Four: Snip the head off of the screw. Do this with a pair of dikes and cut as close to the head of the screw as possible. You want to leave as much of the threaded shaft as possible. As you cut the screw head off do it under a cover as pictured below in order to avoid the parts shooting off and being lost. As you can see below, I drilled too deep into the ball and did not leave much of the threaded shaft of the screw exposed, but it is still enough to do the job: Step whatever number was next: Drill a hole into the neck. Try to center the hole. Step six hundred fifty-two: Put a drop of super glue inside the neck hole Step Seven: Screw the neck ball into the hole in the neck. Use needle-nosed pliers to makes sure it is tightened down as flush as you can gently and reasonably get it. Step Eight: Apply a thin bead of super glue around the neck where the ball makes contact. This is just to seal it up and make sure it does not come loose. Wipe off any excess. Step Nine: *IMPORTANT!* Make sure the glue bead is completely dry before you put the head back on!!! Then, well… put the head back on… and tada! Yer done! He still has his full range of motion! YAY!!!! Now quit reading this and go customize something!
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03-07-2013, 04:00 PM | #2 |
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Awesome!
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03-07-2013, 04:03 PM | #3 |
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Thank you, it's because I was listening to Megadeth while making this tutorial! LOL!
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03-07-2013, 04:14 PM | #4 |
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Dude this is phenomenal, I've broken off two neck balls in the last month or two with this custom project I'm working on, so hopefully I can salvage them. Just need the screws...
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03-07-2013, 11:10 PM | #5 |
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ohh man what a horror story--breaking the neck ball off. i never even considered this possible (it's never happened to me).
glad to have this in the event of any tragedies. thanks man |
03-07-2013, 11:27 PM | #6 |
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Very cool tutorial. Have not had this happen yet but Im glad I looked. Thanks
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08-04-2016, 01:26 AM | #7 |
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Just used this method. Whew!! thank goodness it was here.
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