Re: Help fixing broken keys

From: Professor Dredd (profdredd_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2001-04-20 16:19:23

Okay, thanx Ruud. I'll try that if my last glueing
attempt doesn't work.  :)

--- Ruud Baltissen <Ruud.Baltissen@abp.nl> wrote:
> Hallo Prof,
> 
> > Can one of you please send me the details of the
> > sewing needle trick? I seem to have missed it  :-/
> 
> As I'm at work now, I regurly empty my mailbox: what
> they don't see, they
> cannot complain about.
> And Nick, being Australian, he probably is sound at
> sleep :)
> 
> Anyway what I can remember:
> The key is made of plastic, the upper part is the
> little cross that brooke
> off. Remove the rubber part under the key. Put the
> brooken cross on its
> original place. Heat the needle and push it through
> the bottom part into the
> cross part. Make sure the little knob of the needle
> rests in the bottom
> part. This knob prevents the needle to slid out of
> the bottom part. Lift the
> cross part and add some glue. Put the rubber part
> back.
> 
> The needle is not meant to hold the parts together,
> it only helps to
> stabilize the repaired parts as it disallows
> horizontal forces.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Groetjes, Ruud
> 
> http://Ruud.C64.org
> 
> 
> 
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