Fixing a peg hole
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Fixing a peg hole

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Hello Guys, I need some help. I'm trying to place a DCUC bicep on a ML peg and I had to trim a part of each piece to fit (or so I thought). I then tried an unaltered DCUC bicep on that same peg and it fit which means I did uneccessary dremmeling . My question is could I still use the bicep I dremmeled if I fill it with hot glue or apoxie putty, place it on the peg and just twist the bicep to make sure it still swivels? Or will it just fuse both pieces together?
Thanks in advance!

Posted by bjpalm1994
on Monday, August 31, 2015
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Henchmen4Hire -
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Not sure what you mean, once apoxie cures it gets hard and doesn't revert. Just keep moving the joint once in a while as it hardens so the two parts don't bond together. Even if they do though, you could probably twist the joint hard enough to separate the parts and it'll be fine.
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Henchmen4Hire -
Monday, August 31, 2015
Any of your ideas would work

If you use the hot glue the swivel will still work but it'll be super stiff. when you turn it, you now have to overcome the friction of the dried hot glue which is also a little sticky.

If you use apoxie, it's fine as long as you move the joint once in a while to keep it from locking up.

Advantage of hot glue is that you can easily remove the arm by heating it up again, advantage of Apoxie is that it's a permanent fix.
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bjpalm1994 -
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Thanks for the quick response Doc! Yeah I'm pretty sure that once this custom is complete I won't be taking him apart so I might go the apoxie route. Does the apoxie reach a point where it stops curing as far as keeping the joint moveable? I would hate to pose it after a time and it snap on me? Thanks again for your help!
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