The unfinished monster....

[druid]

HERE'S AN UPDATE OF WHAT i'VE DONE SINCE THE INITIAL POST.


I went to Advanced Auto and picked up a tube of Plastic Weld. It's a binary compound that you mix. I fused the shells together with it by laying it in the joins with a Q-Tip.










And then I got two tubes of JB Weld Stick...also a binary compound but a soft solid. Second pic is what it will mend

[druid]

You tear or cut a piece off and knead it to one color. Notice it's darker than the stick. YOU HAVE ABOUT 3 MINUTES TO GET IT TO WHERE YOU WANT IT because it starts to cure that fast...


and roll it into a cylinder-looking thing...


and squish it into the areas being joined. not only does this strengthen the plastic weld, it also acts as a filler for spaces you want to devoid of space.

[druid]

Now the directions say that within 10 minutes it's cured that you can move it, 1 hour to put a slight load on it and 24 hours for absolute full cure and hardest set.

I'm going to wait the 24 hours and sand it smooth and see about painting it.

[DFSniper]

i used that stuck stuff to put my hammer feedneck back on. problem is, i was off, so now i have to try and break it off, grind it down, and do it again. strong stuff though

[TheDarkShadow]

looks pretty good

[extrabonez]

looks good, good job

[druid]

Thanks. I'll be sanding it in a few hours but it's pouring outside so painting is out for now....

[bigred76]

That looks like ****.

[druid]

MMMMMMMMMMmmmmm.....painted goodness..gotta touch up the black though, got some fingerprints in the paint when I thought it was dry enough (but wasn't)....

This is only a preliminary test for this particular paint scheme. I want to see how well it works out in our woods before I tighten up the paint job. If it doesn't work out, I'll be changing it completely so there was no need to go "all out" just yet...

[druid]