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ARH Broken pin back!

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ARH Broken pin back!
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Hey everyone, this is kinda urgent as I was making up my frame and when I went to put in one of my pins one of the backs just came off completley (Ive got a photo just tad busy atm to upload it)

The pin that broke was the LE125 Young Carl from the DS.com set which is why Im really annoyed at it as the other one is kinda loose and Im wanting to know where can I take the pin (if anywhere) to get it fixed as this is a pin I can not afford to replace.

Im in ireland so please suggest places that may be over here lol Im just frantic at the moment and a little upset.

So please any advice would be of great help!

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try E-6000. it is permanent after allowing 24 hours to dry and it is flexible, rubber texture so not brittle. I often use this to glue swarovski crystals on glass and metals. Good luck with your pin
 
theres a type of glue you can get at bnq or similar places like that danny that you squish together and it glues anything. its kinda like putty you get 2 colours and when you mix it together it makes a super ooper fix anything glue. I hope you can fix it! *squadge*
 
thats exactly like my break so its quite annoying for it to happen to suck a pin. Im going to take it to a jewellers in the week to see if they can fix it rather than me attempt it if not then wil try myself.
 
I was going to suggest that, a jewellery repair person might be able to do it. I think Constance got something similar fixed in the past.

In my case, hubby will get a soldering iron and then try to fix it himself. I am not sure how much it would take to fix something like this, but I only paid like $7-8 for my pin. So, I do not want to pay a whole lot to get it fixed.

In this case, as the whole base did not come off, I am not sure if a metal glue or simlar compound would work. The contact surface is soooooo small, even if I try it, I have to hold the pieces together until everything dries.
 
Merryweather said:
In my case, hubby will get a soldering iron and then try to fix it himself. I am not sure how much it would take to fix something like this, but I only paid like $7-8 for my pin. So, I do not want to pay a whole lot to get it fixed.
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That would be a bad idea.

While most pin metals have a relatively high melting point - their small size means they do not disipate heat very well. While you would repair the pin in back you would damage the paint/enamal in front. That would defeate the purpose of your repair very quickly.

If you have a clean break - entire pin post as it is called - has come out, there are special metal epoxy glues - usually two stage, that can be used. You would just want to clean any "spillage" very carefully after inserting the post. For an unclean break, a jewelery may have the proper tools to "clean out" the post hole or remove and attach a new pin back. The only question becomes the cost of this operation.

Ironically could open a whole new - potentially profitable field for someone. Disney and other collectable pins were never intened to be considered as "jewelry". So a broken pin was just (shock, horror) - tossed in the rubbish or transformed (glueing on a magnet) into something else. A "pin repair" shop could be a nice hobby.
 
Thanks for the warning JKrolak. I did not think of this.

Mine is not a clean break. This is a much older pin and I believe the base and the post were one piece like a thumb tack. And then the post part broke off from the base. It was not a separate round base with the pin inserted to it :(

I thought for soldering you would add a thin, metal wire and melt that one though. That molten metal then should act like glue as it cools and hardens. I am not sure if I need to melt the metal on the back of the pin. I will take it to Fry's and ask someone there maybe.
 
An unclean break can be a much greater challenge.

As you can see in manufacturing, most posts are "fused" into the pin when it is manufactured. http://youtu.be/k_EH_eHnHzY

So as for fixing a break of this type, you might be advised to remove the remaining pinback and then fuse a new one in place. If that is not possible a steady and could try to fuse / weld the pin post back together. But I suspect that would be an exercise in futility. I would think holding the pin post in place while it cools would be nearly impossible.

Good luck on the repair and hope all comes out well.
 
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