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I know it's weird but that little bit of promo swag had been on my keychain across 4 cars and now my keys are weirdly light. It makes me kind of sad.
Edit: I knew y'all would understand. I'm going to try the epoxy idea on my next day off. Your responses have turned a crummy day into a great one.
If the epoxy method doesn't work out, perhaps try turning this event into an activity.
Learn some basic CAD, redesign the swag, but this time with something not Forza, but related to who you are now, and have it machined at PCBWay or similar.
Absolutely don't just expoxy it, follow fubarx's tutorial below. Expoxy won't bind sheared metal to metal strong enough to stand up to pocket/keychain abuse. You don't have to go as fancy, but you need non brittle metal to re-connect those shear lines or it'll fall apart the first time you look at it funny.
clearly a bad omen for Xbox :)
Oh no! Maybe the Xbox division shutting down weakened the metal!
Obtain:
Setup:
Assembly:
Post-coitus:
Since this is on a keychain, it will be constantly getting pulled. Just gluing it in, or even welding may apply sudden strains and have it snap off at the compromised joints.
This way, it will outlive you and your grandchildren.
Man, that's so much work. I'd just be sad instead.
Sometimes repairing a thing is its own joy
Joke aside, I do appreciate the craft and effort in the response.
But ... Think of the coitus?!
This is the best comment ever.
Do what the other guy said using the micro drill bit, but use a segment of high gauge wire instead of the dowel. Also, solder it, don't glue it. Bore a little extra space for the solder.
I mean...can you kintsugi it?
I don't have access to gold, but J-b weld will give it some character as well.
I would just be so glad I noticed it happen and it didn’t randomly fall off when I didn’t notice and might be lost
I guess it could be welded back
Hi, woman engineer here, so if I'm not allowed to post please delete.
That won't take a weld, but the tab could be drilled and then a steel pin (preferably knurled) put in and braised/soldered in place ... or even just epoxied. Then it would be stronger than new :-)
Why would you not be allowed to post?
She's not dull.
Because this is the "Dull Men's Club", and I'm accustomed to being shut down in men's spaces.
I think we're too dull to be misogynistical.
Fantastic :-)
Thank you for making me laugh :-D
It's perfectly fine as long as you're dull. However I also created !dullsters@dullsters.net as a second channel.
Then I will bow out, since I'm pretty sure I'm not dull enough :-P
Ah who cares, I think it's more about the theme, not the gender.
Didn't know when I replied, but I do now ;-)
There was an attempt at a gender-neutral community name (“dullsters” club) but this one has been more successful. I’ve only seen very open attitudes in here though. I don’t believe it’s intended to be a men’s space.
Good to know :-)
It takes a real man to be a dull woman in a dull men's club. Or something like that
Is this the part where I crank my hog?
AROOOOO! You can be a dull man! You can be one of the boys! You can be one of the girlies! You can be whomever you want if you feel comfortable being that way and no one is being negatively affected!
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
Heh, thank you!
My philosophy is that on the internet, everybody's a quantum superposition of men and women. You can be whichever you want at any time as far as it matters to me. If you want to be one of the guys here, you're welcome to be in my opinion.
Expertise is expertise and should be welcomed no matter what one's gender might be.
I'm not really into the idea of being "one of the guys", but thank you ... when I see something that can be fixed, I want to fix it.
Not everyone feels the same way as you, unfortunately
Hey looks like it is copper substrate, it could be soldered together!
Act like a proper car guy and slap some JB Weld on the bastard
This is currently my plan JB weld and some clamps
Bummer, perhaps it can be repaired? By the way, be very careful about sharing photos of keys, it is often quite easy to produce a duplicate key from a photo.
I did think of that. The key visible in the photo is a dummy key that goes to a lock that I've misplaced.