Arm gets shorter when I try to prevent joint rub?
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Arm gets shorter when I try to prevent joint rub?

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Hey guys, this might be an obvious question to a lot of you guys, but whenever I shave around the double hinge for the elbow to prevent joint rub and put it back together, the arm ends up shorter, any idea on what I'm doing wrong? Am I shaving off too much? I basically shaved around the entire 2 circles that make the elbow joint.

Posted by johnnynitro1
on Thursday, March 9, 2017
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johnnynitro1 -
Friday, March 10, 2017
Yea for sure man, I'll tell you guys when I do it
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Henchmen4Hire -
Thursday, March 9, 2017
That's a weird problem, have never run into it. What figure is it?

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You don't shave that nub on the ends, that's what gives the joints the ratcheting action.
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johnnynitro1 -
Thursday, March 9, 2017
The figure is the series 1 captain america, here is the pic of both of the elbow pieces I dremeled, the one on the left seems to be pretty good, but the one on the right makes the arm look shorter, am I doing this right? Is there a way to know where exactly to dremel? Thanks

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Henchmen4Hire -
Thursday, March 9, 2017
There's no need to shave down the tips since they never show up, so yeah the left one is fine, that's the shape you should aim for.
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johnnynitro1 -
Friday, March 10, 2017
Ah ok, so, I was wondering what the point of removing the hinge from the elbow is in the first place? Can I just use a round engraving bit, and grind down the visible areas of the hinge while it is still attached to the actual figure?
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antithetical -
Friday, March 10, 2017
I don't know that you would be able to reach all the surface area you would need to grind down if you didn't disassemble the joint. What you could do is dremel the joint while still attached, then take it apart and carefully finish/smooth off those edges, just don't even touch the ends of the joint at all.
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Henchmen4Hire -
Friday, March 10, 2017
If you can get a neat result by grinding the areas without disassembling then let us know, always happy to hear how people streamline the process.
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