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I got a midnight starship in the mail today and all is good except a leg broke during shipping. Is there any way to fix the leg? It is broken in 2 places, one break is about an inch and a half above the foot and the other is where the screw goes in. I tried superglue but it wont hold and I am afraid of messing up the screw socket and clogging it with glue.
Any suggestions? :(

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I fixed one years ago with SuperGlue and it has held fine, I even tried to "recrack" the leg where it was broken (testing it) and it felt like I would have to break the metal to get it to crack. Are you letting the glue tack up first ? It should work without a problem. From your pic im not sure where the other piece came from but if its from around the screw hole that will be tough one to fix, I would suggest using the glue just on the outside edge. The pics I took suck but you can see the repair..


With some sanding and alittle repaint the repair should be less noticeable but I never got around to it, I left the legs laying on the floor and my wife stepped on it and cracked it....I have since forgiven her :)


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What brand of super glue did you use? I tried krazy glue and it didnt work.
If I remember correctly it was Duro brand.
Well they didnt have anything by Duro so I tried loctite and it seems to be working. My hand slipped and my finger got stuck to it and I got glue all over the leg so I need to find a way to remove the glue but not the paint.

Well they didnt have anything by Duro so I tried loctite and it seems to be working. Now I have a a spare globe sitting in it for added weight so as it dries it dries the in the position it will be sitting during use. For the record krazy glue does not work at all for some reason, it just will not hold no matter what.
marine 2 part epoxy works every time ...smells like ass but works.....

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